Chamber Works

Op 92. "Epochiko"
for alto voice and piano (2022)

The work is a setting of, under the same name, poem by Greek poet Pavlos Fournogerakis. The prosody and conceptual identity of the text stand as the base for the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic development in a composition process that follows a mix of tonal and atonal elements.
The work was performed by Ioanna Vrakatseli (alto) and Myrto Akrivou (piano) at Athens Concert Hall, Greece on November 2022.

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/epochiko-for-alto-voice-and-piano-digital-sheet-music/22458176
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-544280_epochiko_for_alto_voice_and_piano_op_92.html#544280

For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY2pFW0Ifng

"Mosaics (I & II)"
for flute, alto saxophone, trombone
and contrabass (2022) Op. 89

The work is written on the occasion of the 100 years celebration of the Greek Composers' Union (1921 - 2021/2022). The composition procedure of the work implies a mixture of tonal and serial/atonal elements tightly packed next to each other in the way mosaics are structured. The work was premiered by members of the Greek Ensemble of Contemporary Music at the 2022 Athens - Epidavros Festival.

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/mosaics-digital-sheet-music/22291206
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-536330_mosaics_for_flute_alto_saxophone_trombone_vibraphone_and_contrabass_op_89.html#536330

"Mosaics (I & II)"
for soprano and piano (2020) Op. 81

A setting on a text by Antigoni Gaitana, dramatist, reffering to congregants supplication and Gods’ response within an Ancient Greece ritual for soprano and piano. Edited by Christos Marinos.
The parts:
I.Supplication (Ceremonialmente)
II.And… (Meno mosso)
III.Response (Misterioso- tempo primo)

"Epilychnios"
for counter-tenor and churcn organ
(2019 - 2020) Op. 80

“Hymn Epilychnios”, one of the oldest text samples of Eastern Orthodox Church rituals was set by the composer at the beginning of his carrier as a 4-part choral piece, “Phos Ilaron” op.1. Epilychnios Hymn is an ancient Christian Hymn originally written in Hellenistic Greek. It is the earliest known Christian hymn, recorded outside of the Bible, that is still being used today. The hymn is featured in the Vespers of the Orthodox Church. Now this work stands as a special commission by Thomas Tamvakos Greek Composers’ Archive and dedicated to the artists of the premier performance Nikos Spanatis, counter-tenor and Christina Antoniadou, organ soloist (organist at the Anglican Church in Athens) who both made a recording of the piece for an upcoming cd.
Text:
"O Light gladsome of the holy glory of the immortal Father,
heavenly, holy, blessed Jesus Christ.
Now we have come to the setting of the sun
and behold the light of evening.
We praise God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
For it is right at all times to worship Thee with voices of praise,
O Son of God and Giver of Life,
therefore all the world glorifies Thee!"

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/epilychnios-for-counter-tenor-and-church-organ-digital-sheet-music/21763818
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-469188_epilychnios_for_counter-tenor_and_church_organ_op_80.html#469188

"Echoes"
for alto flute and vibraphone
(2018) Op. 75

Work specially written iwona Glinka και Leszek Lorent to whom is dedicated.
Τα μέρη:
I. ...from inner self (Misterioso)
II. ...from a dialogue (Giocoso)
III. ...from beyond (Quiet)
IV. ...from an illusion (Dancing)
V. ...from herself (Tempo di Waltz) to Myrto
The mysterious echo of inner self after a dialogue stimulation with another person. The intervention of the divine. A moment illusion. The unveiling of the other's soul echo. Dance.
The last part is dedicated to composer;s wife, Myrto Lazaridou - Theodossiou.

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/echoes-for-alto-flute-and-vibraphone-digital-sheet-music/20685461
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-322838_echoes_for_alto_flute_and_vibraphone_op_75.html#322838

"Sentiments"
for soprano saxophone and piano
(2017) Op. 74

The parts:
I.Longing (Cadenza adagio - Teneramente e appassionato)
II.Sorrow (Sostenuto)
III.Joy (Allegro swing)
The work is written after a comission by "Duo Macarons" (Veronica Haitling - Riccardo Bozollo) to whom is dedicated. It is am adaption and development of three of 12 "Little Studies" for piano solo (Vol.1 - 2)
(1998 - 2002).

For score and parts:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sentiments-for-soprano-saxophone-and-piano-digital-sheet-music/20774598?narrow_by=sentiments
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338574_sentiments_for_soprano_saxophone_and_piano_op_74.html#338574

"Between Times"
"Time past and time future..."
for clarinet, viola and piano
(2017) Op. 73

Work written within the framework of composer's postgraduate studies on "Composition for Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles" in Ionian university and dedicated to the professor Josef Papadatos. Based on an excerpt from the "Four Quartets" by T.S.Eliot is polystilistic in idiom and in concertante style.
"Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present."
(T.S.Eliot, "Four Quartets")
The parts:
I.Adagio misterioso (Outer Space, Gravity Zero)
II.Allegro (Into a time vortex)
III.L'istesso tempo (Escape) to Antonio Vivaldi & Dmitri Shostakovitch
IV.Andante rubato (Tranquillity Nebula) to Olivier Messiaen
V.Allegro (Gravitational Disorder) to Keith Emerson
VI.Adagio misterioso (Eternal Present)
Premier by "Ionian Islands Festival Ensemble" (Alexandros Michailidis - Elias Sdoukos - Stefanos Nassos) at Ionian Academy Theater in 2017.
The work was chosen by International Society for the Contemporary Music to represent Greece in 2018 ISCM World New Music Days in Beijing Modern Music Festival, China. Performance by Trio Clavino (Doris Hall - Gulati, Simon Maurer, Xun Pan). In December 2020 Kostis Tzekos, Kostis Spyridakis and Eleni Papaspyrou performed the work among works by O. Messaen, R. Schumann and G. Faure within the framework of the on-line Herackion Municipality, Crete, Digital Chamber Music Festival 2020.

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/between-times-for-clarinet-viola-and-piano-digital-sheet-music/20774069?narrow_by=between+times
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-337534_between_times_for_clarinet_viola_and_piano_op_73.html#337534

For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HmKTa7uAE
www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR0YVj804sL-S71v1cd5547xwrVKIcQ2ceEc5faCORXvmtILReQdkJCZ34E&v=RZl69onR4ds&feature=youtu.be

"Chromatic Variations"
for two flutes (concert & alto)
(2017) Op. 71

Written for the project "Call for recording - Two Minutes for Two Flutes" by Iwona Glinka and Ewa Liebchen for "SARTON" label. Based on symmetry of intervals, is a two minutes series of continuous variations with chromatic mouvement as dominant element. In 2018 the composer made a transcription for flute and clarinet.

For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/chromatic-variations-digital-sheet-music/20469609?narrow_by=Chromatic+Variations
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-292049_chromatic_variations_for_two_flutes_concert_alto_op_71.html#292049

String Quartet n.2
"To the uknown..."
Nikos Goulias in memoriam
for string quartet
(2017) Op. 68

Work written within the framework of composer's postgraduate studies on "Composition for Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles" in Ionian university.
The parts:
1st Mouvement (Dies Irae)
a. March, "Death is approaching"
b. Fugue, "Soul is chased"
c. Canon i, "Back to the body"
d. Canon ii, "To the last breath"
e. Coda, :The End"
2nd Mouvement (Variations on a Theme"
Theme, Lento misterioso: "Leaving the body..."
Var. I: "Soul is alone"
Var. II: "...and begins to wander..."
Var. III: "Pain from above"
Var IV: Very intimate, "To the uknown..."
Epilogue, Lento
The work is based in three structural elements: A symmetrical tone - semitone scale, the characteristic motive of "Dies Irae" hymn, and a 12 tone series on the nameletters of the honoured person. It is dedicated to architect and author Nikos Goulias, composer's cousin, and is the music equivalent of the journey of the soul during and after death.

For score and parts:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/string-quartet-n-2-digital-sheet-music/20471922?narrow_by=string+quartet+n.2
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-292346_string_quartet_no_2_op_68.html#292346