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Sonata for Orchestra

Σονάτα για ορχήστρα έργο 60

Catalogue No.: YSC103

Status: Completed

Related Work: Cello Sonata

Opus: 60

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Number of Movements: 3

Movement Titles:

Adagio – Andante con moto – Allegretto scherzando – Andante con moto – Doppio movimento – Lento – Maestoso – Andante con moto – Doppio movimento
Passacaglia. Lento non troppo – Piu Lento – Adagio
Allegro non troppo – Lento – Allegro non troppo – Lento – Piu lento – Allegro agitato

Instrumentation:

3232-4331, Timpani, Percussion: (Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Tam-Tam, Cymbals, Xylophone. Glockenspiel or Crotales, Claves, Tambourine, Clapper), Harp, Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: July 22, 1998

Duration: 00:17:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Cover/First Page	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1		Draft Score (Incomplete)	Scan of the draft score (incomplete).	3	PDF	View or Download
2		Full Score	Scan of the full score.	38	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		On Nausicaa's Island	Makis Lachanas	Novel		View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Interview with Nikos A. Dontas	Interview	2000	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	December 3, 2000	Athens Concert Hall - Christos Lambrakis Hall (Friends of Music Hall)	Athens	Greece	A Tribute to Composer Yorgo Sicilianos	Athens Concert Hall	Byron Fidetzis (conductor), Stefanos Nasos (piano) [Op. 48a], Theodore Tzovanakis (piano) [Op. 48a]	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Tanagraea, Op. 17b - Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23a - Contrastes, Op. 48a - Sonata for Orchestra, Op. 60

Performers

#	Photo	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1		Byron Fidetzis	Conductor, Cellist, Author	Athens State Orchestra Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra Athens Philharmonia Orchestra	View
2		ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 145
Makis Lachanas, On Nausicaa's Island [Στο νησί της Ναυσικάς](Piraeus: Plous, 1996)
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 278
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 191
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), 186
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), 65, 119

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