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Timbres, Op. 63
Work Information

Timbres

for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Contrabass

Ηχοχρώματα για Πιάνο, 2 Βιολιά, Βιόλα, Βιολοντσέλλο και Κόντρα-μπάσο έργο 63

Catalogue No.: YSC106

Status: Completed

Opus: 63

Genre: Chamber Music

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"To George Demertzis and his associates."

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass

Written in: Athens

Date: October 17, 2004

Duration: 00.12.30

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Timbres Piano Part Cover
Piano Part (Typeset)

Scan of the piano part (typeset).

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Timbres Double Bass Part Cover
Double Bass Part (Typeset)

Scan of the double bass part (typeset).

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Timbres Cello Part Cover
Cello Part (Typeset)

Scan of the cello part (typeset).

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Timbres Viola Part Cover
Viola Part (Typeset)

Scan of the viola part (typeset).

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Timbres Violin 2 part PDF
Violin II Part (Typeset)

Scan of the second violin part (typeset).

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Timbres Violin 1 Cover
Violin I Part (Typeset)

Scan of the first violin part (typeset).

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Timbres Score Cover
Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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Timbres, Op. 63
Full Score (Damaged)

Scan of the full score.

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Sound Archives
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Audio Files
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Timbres Op. 63

Yorgos Sicilianos – Timbres for Piano, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello and Contrabass, Op. 63

New Hellenic Quartet:

Georgios Demertzis (violin I)
Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II)
Chara Sira (viola)
Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)

Maria Asteriadou (piano)
Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass)

Hellenic Music Festivals
Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall (Athens Concert Hall)
Athens, Greece
May 7, 2005 (Live Recording)

May 7, 2005
Digital (MP3)
00.13.55

Live Recording of the Premiere

Performances
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1
May 7, 2005
Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall
Athens
Greece
Hellenic Music Festivals [Ελληνικές Μουσικές Γιορτές]
Athens State Orchestra
Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello), Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass)
New Hellenic Quartet
Timbres, Op. 63
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April 11, 2009
Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall
Athens
Greece
N/A
Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music
Unknown
Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music
Timbres, Op. 63
Performers
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Profile
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Apostolos Chandrakis
Cellist
New Hellenic Quartet
2
Chara Sira
Violist
New Hellenic Quartet, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων), ERT- National Symphony Orchestra, University of Macedonia
3
Dimitrios Chandrakis
Violinist
New Hellenic Quartet
4
Georgios Demertzis
Violinist
New Hellenic Quartet
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Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music
Ensemble
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Maria Asteriadou
Pianist
Manhattan School of Music
Kutztown University
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New Hellenic Quartet
String Quartet
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Vassilis Papavassiliou
Double Bassist
Greek National Opera
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 148
  2. Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 50, 80, 92, 98, 106, 111, 128, 147, 151
  3. 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
  4. Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 100, 119, 121
  5. 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), 139, 180, 211, 213, 229