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Stasimon B'

from Euripides "Iphigeneia in Tauris" for Mezzo-Soprano, Women's Choir and Orchestra

Στάσιμον Β' απ' την "Ιφιγένεια εν Ταύροις" του Ευριπίδη για μεσόφωνο, χορωδία γυναικών και ορχήστρα έργ. 25

Catalogue No.: YSC64

Status: Completed

Opus: 25

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To my wife."

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

“1”
“2”
“3”
“4”

Instrumentation:

2222-4231, Timpani, Percussion (Xylophone, Vibraphone, Metallophone or Glockenspiel, Marimba, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Suspended small Cymbal, Suspended large Cymbal, Tam-Tam, Triangle, Bass Drum), Harp, Celesta, Strings, Mezzo-Soprano, Female Choir (21 sopranoes, 21 mezzo-sopranos)

Written in: Xylokastro

Date: July 27, 1964

Duration: 00:17:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	58	PDF	View or Download
2	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	75	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	48	PDF	View or Download
4	Euripides' Text	Scan of Euripides' text in English, Original Greek and German	2	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Iphigenia in Tauris	Euripides	Tragedy	Iphigenia in Tauris – lines: 1089-1151	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Stasimon B', Op. 25 (1964)	Programme Notes	1964	Greek		View
2		My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	May 20, 1965	Teatro del Ministerio de Información y Turismo	Madrid	Spain	Primavera Cultural	International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)	Odón Alonso (conductor), Alice Gabbai (mezzo-soprano)	RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Coro de Radio Nacional de España, Coral de Cámara Tomás Luis de Victoria del Centro Español de Nuevas Profesiones	Stasimon B', Op. 25

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alice Gabbai	Mezzo-Soprano		View
2	Coral de Cámara Tomás Luis de Victoria del Centro Español de Nuevas Profesiones	Choir	Centro Español de Nuevas Profesiones	View
3	Coro de Radio Nacional de España	Choir	RTVE - Radiotelevisión Española	View
4	Odón Alonso	Conductor	Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española (Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra - RTVE)	View
5	RTVE Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	RTVE - Radiotelevisión Española	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 74-76
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 248, 270
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 284, 326, 418, 429
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), 41, 43, 56, 185, 203, 243
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), 47, 116

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