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Six Fantastic Pieces

after six poems by C. P. Cavafy

Έξι Φανταστικά Κομμάτια πάνω σε ποιήματα του Κ. Π. Καβάφη έργο 54

Catalogue No.: YSC97

Status: Completed

Opus: 54

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Commission:

"Comissioned by the Friends of Music Society."

Number of Movements: 6

Movement Titles:

Walls
Waiting for the barbarians
Voices
Candles
The God abandons Antony
In the month of Athyr

Instrumentation:

3333-4331, Harp, Timpani, Celesta, Percussion (Xylophone, Snare Drum, Piccolo Snare, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tam-Tam), Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: January 7, 1993

Duration: 00:20:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material. The instription at the top of page 3 suggests that Sicilianos intended this work to be his Second Symphony.	33	PDF	View or Download
2	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	44	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	65	PDF	View or Download
4	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	2	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1	Walls	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	Walls	View
2	Waiting for the Barbarians	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	2. Waiting for the barbarians	View
3	Candles	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	4. Candles	View
4	Voices	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	3. Voices	View
5	The God Abandons Antony	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	5. The God Abandons Antony	View
6	In the Month of Hathor	C. P. Cavafy	Poem	6. In the month of Athyr	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Six Fantastic Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 54 (1993)	Programme Notes	1994	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	April 7, 1994	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Alexander Lazarev (conductor)	The Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre	Six Fantastic Pieces, Op. 54
2	September 1, 2004	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Vladimír Válek (conductor)	Prague/Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)	Six Fantastic Pieces, Op. 54 (Selections: 1. Walls, 4. Candles, and 6. In the month of Athyr)
3	April 25, 2005	Odessa Philharmonic Hall	Odessa	Ukraine	Special Event - Concert featuring works by Contemporary Greek Composers in memory of Yorgos Sicilianos: Journey through the Night	Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra	Hobart Earle (conductor)	Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra	Six Fantastic Pieces Op. 54

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alexander Lazarev	Conductor	Bolshoi Theatre BBC Symphony Orchestra Japan Philharmonic Orchestra	View
2	Hobart Earle	Conductor	Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO)	View
3	Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra	Orchestra		View
4	Prague/Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)	Orchestra	Czech Radio/Český rozhlas (ČRo)	View
5	The Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre	Orchestra	Bolshoi Theatre	View
6	Vladimír Válek	Conductor	Prague/Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR) Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 135-137
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 9, 277
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 191, 432
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 23, 30, 182, 186, 210
Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 92, 112, 119

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