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Symphony No. 2

Συμφωνία II, έργ. 58

Catalogue No.: YSC101

Status: Completed

Opus: 58

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"Antidoron in memory of Dimitri Mitropoulos."

Commission:

"Comissioned by the Friends of Music Society."

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Allegro deciso
Intermezzo. Allegretto
Adagio – Piu mosso – Adagio
Finale. Allegro vivace – Poco meno mosso – Andante – Allegro vivace – Adagio – Allegro vivace

Instrumentation:

3232-4331, Timpani, Percussion (Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells in F#, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tam-Tam), Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: March 9, 1997

Duration: 00:27:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	31	PDF	View or Download
2	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	11	PDF	View or Download
3	Sketch Material - Outline	Scan of the sketch material outlining the structure of the work.	2	PDF	View or Download
4	Full Score	Scan of the full score. [Unavailable]		PDF
5	Artistic Declaration	Scan of the composer's artistic declaration.	1	PDF	View or Download
6	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	2	PDF	View or Download
7	Composer's Note (English)	Scan of the composer's note in English.	1	PDF	View or Download

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Symphony No. 2, Op. 58 (1997)	Programme Notes	2000	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	February 15, 2000	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Ralf Weikert (conductor)	Berliner Symphoniker	Symphony No. 2, Op. 58
2	May 7, 2008	University of Thessaloniki Hall	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	University of Thessaloniki	Antony Walker (conductor)	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No. 2, Op. 58

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Antony Walker	Conductor	Sydney Philharmonia Choir Welsh National Opera Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra	View
2	Berliner Symphoniker	Orchestra		View
3	Ralf Weikert	Conductor	Bonn Opera Zurich Opera Frankfurt Opera Mozarteum Orchestra Berliner Symphoniker	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 142-143
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 146
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 12, 278
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 434
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), 181, 186, 248
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), 68, 69, 79, 109, 112, 119, 122

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