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Symphony No. 1

Πρώτη Συμφωνία, έρ. 14

Catalogue No.: YSC48

Status: Completed

Opus: 14

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To Dimitri Mitropoulos."

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Lento assai
Allegro preciso
Largo
Finale. Allegro vivacissimo, quasi presto

Instrumentation:

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

Written in: Cambridge, MA & New York, NY

Date: January 13, 1956

Duration: 00:32:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	76	PDF	View or Download
2	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	139	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Sacn of the full score.	124	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Great God Brown	Eugene O'Neill	Play		View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Psi (Ψ) Archive	Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 Op. 14	LP - Vinyl	Hellenic Cultural Office	1987	View
2		Greek Classical Composers	Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 Op. 14	Compact Disc	Lyra	1991	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek		View
2		Interview with Michel Fais	Interview	1992	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	March 1, 1958	Carnegie Hall	New York	USA	N/A	New York Philharmonic	Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)	New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1, Op. 14
2	November 10, 1958	Kotopouli - Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Symphony No. 1
3	April 30, 2009	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Symphony No. 1, Op. 14

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Andreas Paridis	Conductor		View
2	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
3	Dimitri Mitropoulos	Conductor	New York Philharmonic	View
4	New York Philharmonic	Orchestra		View
5	Nikos Tsouchlos	Conductor, Pianist	Athens Conservatoire Ionian University Athens Concert Hall	View

Broadcasts

#	Image	Title	Format	Channel/Station	Date	Broadcast Page
1		History of Greek Symphonic Music	Television	ERT - Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	November 3, 1992	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 45-47
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 98, 142, 146
Psi (Ψ) Archive (Αρχείο Ψ), performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Hellenic Cultural Office, 1987, LP. Catalogue No.: 91065.
Greek Classical Composers, performed by Krino Kalomiri with the National Radio Foundation Orchestra, conducted by Manolis Kalomiris, and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Lyra, 1991, Compact Disc. Catalogue No.: CD 0074.
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 7, 8, 266, 267, 268, 270
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 170, 283, 319
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), 16, 27, 29, 32, 33, 65, 77, 115, 185, 195, 196, 242
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), 48, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 92, 112, 116, 122

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