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The Bacchantes No. 2

a Ballet

Βάκχες Χορόδραμα έργο 19 αριθ. 2

Catalogue No.: YSC56

Status: Completed

Opus: 19

No.: 2

Genre: Ballet

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

Heinrich May

Number of Movements: 8

Movement Titles:

Prologue (Semele struck by lightning)
Part One – Scene One: Bacchic Dance
Part One – Scene Two: Dionysus’s Dialogue with Pentheus
Part One – Scene Three: The Liberation of Dionysus
Part Two – Scene Four: Dawn
Part Two – Scene Five: The sparagmos of Pentheus
Part Two – Scene Six: Agave’s Triumph
Part Two – Scene Seven: Lament

Instrumentation:

3322-4431, 4 Timpani, Percussion (Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Crotales, Tubular Bells, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tamtam, Maracas, Triangle, Piano, Celesta, Strings, Female Choir (Soprano, Alto)

Written in: Athens

Date: September 19, 1959

Duration: 00:35:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	6	PDF	View or Download
2	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	91	PDF	View or Download
3	Script	Scan of the script.	2	PDF	View or Download
4	SACEM Declaration	Scan of the SACEM Declaration.	1	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Bacchae	Euripides	Tragedy		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	January 11, 1960	Kotopouli - Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (suite)
2	June 18, 1960	Saalbau	Essen	Germany	N/A	Essener Philharmoniker	Wolfgang Drees (conductor), Otto Krüger (director-choreographer)	Essener Philharmoniker, Essen Ballet	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (ballet)
3	August 31, 1962	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Boris Papandopulo (conductor), Vera Kostić (choreography)	Ballet of the Zagreb Opera, Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Opera HNK	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (ballet)
4	September 1, 1962	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Boris Papandopulo (conductor), Vera Kostić (choreography)	Ballet of the Zagreb Opera, Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Opera HNK	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (ballet)
5	September 2, 1962	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Boris Papandopulo (conductor), Vera Kostić (choreography)	Ballet of the Zagreb Opera, Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Opera HNK	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (ballet)
6	October 3, 1963	Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HNK Zagreb)	Zagreb	Croatia	N/A	Zagreb Opera	Pavle Dešpalj (conductor), Vera Kostić (choreography)	Ballet of the Zagreb Opera, Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Opera HNK	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 2 (ballet)

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Aalto Ballet Essen	Dance Company		View
2	Andreas Paridis	Conductor		View
3	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
4	Ballet of the Zagreb Opera HNK	Dance Company	Zagreb Opera HNK	View
5	Boris Papandopulo	Conductor, Composer		View
6	Essener Philharmoniker	Orchestra		View
7	Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Opera HNK	Orchestra	Zagreb Opera HNK	View
8	Otto Krüger	Choreographer, Dancer, Director	Essener Philharmoniker	View
9	Pavle Dešpalj	Conductor, Composer	Zagreb Opera HNK	View
10	Vera Kostić	Choreographer, Dancer		View
11	Wolfgang Drees	Conductor	Essener Philharmoniker	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 58-62
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 8, 268
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 127, 320, 321
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), 18, 50, 92, 93, 94, 115, 185, 197
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), 46, 65, 112, 116

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