“Six Invention”
for cembalo solo (2023) Op.94
for cembalo solo (2023) Op.94
The work follows the early baroque style in a new tonal perspective.
It is written especially for the wonderful cembalo soloist Katerina Ktona.
For video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHAz46s7oU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSPD_YqlvY
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/six-inventions-for-cembalo-solo-digital-sheet-music/22487106
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-579524_six_inventions_for_cembalo_solo_op_94.html#579524
It is written especially for the wonderful cembalo soloist Katerina Ktona.
For video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHAz46s7oU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSPD_YqlvY
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/six-inventions-for-cembalo-solo-digital-sheet-music/22487106
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-579524_six_inventions_for_cembalo_solo_op_94.html#579524
“Archanes”
for piano solo (2022) Op.91
for piano solo (2022) Op.91
Archanes was an ancient city of the Minoan era located on the Greek island of Crete.
It used to be the summer palace of the Minoan Kings, but is also a mystic city of my imagination disclosing all its charms and mysteries throughout the time. From the ancient city itself and the palace with its imaginary king to the ancient necropolis, from the fountain and the medieval castle to the sacred mountain of Jiuchtas. seven images are unfolded in each part of the work. Seven landscapes before a fantastic visitor, who wanders among these imaginary landscapes...
The parts:
I. The old city from afar (Allegro semplice)
II Night in the ancient palace (l' istesso tempo)
III. King Archos (Allegro feroce)
IV. The Ancient Necropolis (Adagio mystico)
V. The Old Castle (lie a fanfare)
VI. The Fountain (l'istesso tempo, flowing)
VI. The Sacred Maountaiun (l' istesso tempo, maestoso, con forza)
The composition process of the work 'Archanes" for piano solo op.91 follows a mix of tonal and atonal elements. It is dedicated to pianist Konstantinos Papadakis (director of the Summer Piano Academy in Archanes, Crete, Greece).
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv31o0cFjGA
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/archanes-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/22354323
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-539851_archanes_for_piano_solo_op_91.html#539851
It used to be the summer palace of the Minoan Kings, but is also a mystic city of my imagination disclosing all its charms and mysteries throughout the time. From the ancient city itself and the palace with its imaginary king to the ancient necropolis, from the fountain and the medieval castle to the sacred mountain of Jiuchtas. seven images are unfolded in each part of the work. Seven landscapes before a fantastic visitor, who wanders among these imaginary landscapes...
The parts:
I. The old city from afar (Allegro semplice)
II Night in the ancient palace (l' istesso tempo)
III. King Archos (Allegro feroce)
IV. The Ancient Necropolis (Adagio mystico)
V. The Old Castle (lie a fanfare)
VI. The Fountain (l'istesso tempo, flowing)
VI. The Sacred Maountaiun (l' istesso tempo, maestoso, con forza)
The composition process of the work 'Archanes" for piano solo op.91 follows a mix of tonal and atonal elements. It is dedicated to pianist Konstantinos Papadakis (director of the Summer Piano Academy in Archanes, Crete, Greece).
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv31o0cFjGA
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/archanes-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/22354323
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-539851_archanes_for_piano_solo_op_91.html#539851
“One Minute Waltz” (Valse Grotesque)
for piano solo (2022) Op.90
for piano solo (2022) Op.90
The work is a miniature piano piece written especially for the celebration night of 70 years of the Friends of Music Society (1952 - 2022). It is mainly serial with many tonal elements in its composing procedure.
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/one-minute-waltz-valse-grotesque-digital-sheet-music/22346807
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-537632_one_minute_waltz_valse_grotesque_op_90.html#537632
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/one-minute-waltz-valse-grotesque-digital-sheet-music/22346807
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-537632_one_minute_waltz_valse_grotesque_op_90.html#537632
“Seven Bagatelles”
for piano solo (2020) Op.88
for piano solo (2020) Op.88
A work derived from the Toccata “Prylis” op.85, written for and dedicated to famous piano soloist Sorina Aust – Ioan.
Seven short pieces based on the main musical material of the Toccata.
"Your 7 bagatelles are so perfect composed that the historical event from 1803 is life to hear and feel there , specially for me !"
And I hope to give my feelings to the public! Thank you very much for the wonderful dedication !
(Sorina Aust-ioan pianist)
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/seven-bagatelles-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/21905980
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-517796_seven_bagatelles_for_piano_solo_op_88.html#517796
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFzj_TekJ70&feature=share
Seven short pieces based on the main musical material of the Toccata.
"Your 7 bagatelles are so perfect composed that the historical event from 1803 is life to hear and feel there , specially for me !"
And I hope to give my feelings to the public! Thank you very much for the wonderful dedication !
(Sorina Aust-ioan pianist)
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/seven-bagatelles-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/21905980
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-517796_seven_bagatelles_for_piano_solo_op_88.html#517796
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFzj_TekJ70&feature=share
“A Sarabande for Joseph”
for guitar solo (2020) Op.87
for guitar solo (2020) Op.87
A work dedicated to the American guitar soloist Joseph Ehrenpreis. A standard dance type of the Renaissance with a glance of modernity! Performed by Joseph Ehrenpreis in Seminole Music Festival, St. Peter's Episcopa; Church, Lake Mary, Florida U.S.A. opening concert, IN 2021.
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-sarabande-for-joseph-for-guitar-solo-digital-sheet-music/21903839
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-517688_a_sarabande_for_joseph_for_guitar_solo_op_87.html#517688
For Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBY2F7fkDI
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-sarabande-for-joseph-for-guitar-solo-digital-sheet-music/21903839
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-517688_a_sarabande_for_joseph_for_guitar_solo_op_87.html#517688
For Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBY2F7fkDI
“Ode” for clarinet solo (2020) Op.86.
A work dedicated to the Greek clarinet soloist Chryssoyla Georgaki and the memory of her father. It follows the form of an Ancient Greek Ode.
The parts:
Strophe I
Strophe ii
Strophe iii
Antistrophe I
Antistrophe II
Antistrophe iii
Epode
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/ode-for-clarinet-solo-digital-sheet-music/21899610
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-515380_ode_for_clarinet_solo_op_86.html#515380
The parts:
Strophe I
Strophe ii
Strophe iii
Antistrophe I
Antistrophe II
Antistrophe iii
Epode
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/ode-for-clarinet-solo-digital-sheet-music/21899610
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-515380_ode_for_clarinet_solo_op_86.html#515380
“Prylis”
An Ancient Greek Female War Dance
Toccata for piano solo (2020) op.85
An Ancient Greek Female War Dance
Toccata for piano solo (2020) op.85
A work in the form of a toccata, written for and dedicated to famous piano soloist Sorina Aust – Ioan.
Once upon a time in Ancient Greece, female warriors used to perform a severe and rhythmic dance called "Prylis". It was the sheer counterpart of the very well-known male war dance "Pyrrihios". In my imagination, "Prylis" was the dance performed in 1803, before the Greek Revolution, by women of Souli, a village of Hepiros in North-West Greece, while on the run of the Ottomans were thrown by themselves one by one from the cliffs of the mount Zalongo not to be captured and disgraced by them becoming a symbol of heroism and self-sacrifice over the years!
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/prylis-toccata-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/21881119
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-514051_prylis_toccata_for_piano_solo_op_85.html#514051
Once upon a time in Ancient Greece, female warriors used to perform a severe and rhythmic dance called "Prylis". It was the sheer counterpart of the very well-known male war dance "Pyrrihios". In my imagination, "Prylis" was the dance performed in 1803, before the Greek Revolution, by women of Souli, a village of Hepiros in North-West Greece, while on the run of the Ottomans were thrown by themselves one by one from the cliffs of the mount Zalongo not to be captured and disgraced by them becoming a symbol of heroism and self-sacrifice over the years!
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/prylis-toccata-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/21881119
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-514051_prylis_toccata_for_piano_solo_op_85.html#514051
“Steps" (A “Swing” Study)
Rondo for piano solo (2020) op.84
Rondo for piano solo (2020) op.84
A study on “swing’ rhythm in Rondo form dedicated to and written for George Kontrafouris, jazz pianist and organist, professor in the Music Department of Ionian University. Based, as usually happens with the last composer’s works, on a series of notes derived from his letter name. The work is a commission by the dedicatee for his new upcoming CD project “Music by my Friends”.
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/steps-a-swing-study-rondo-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/21859162
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-512963_steps_a_swing_study_rondo_for_piano_solo_op_84.html#512963
“Lament for Antoniou"
(Song of a Soul Ascending)
for alto flute solo (2020) op.83.
(Song of a Soul Ascending)
for alto flute solo (2020) op.83.
A dedication to the memory of a great personality of the Greek contemporary musical scene, Theodoros Antoniou. Composer, conductor, ex-professor of composition in Boston University, ex-President of Greek Composers' Union. A simple song based on a series of notes derived from his letter name. The work is a commission by flute soloist Iwona Glinka for the “Fasma Music” CD project “Lament for Theodore”.
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/lament-for-antoniou-for-alto-flute-solo-digital-sheet-music/21859157
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-512962_lament_for_antoniou_for_alto_flute_solo_op_83.html#512962
“Suite for Joseph" for guitar solo (2020) op.82
A 6-part suite in neo-classical – neo-romantic and jazzy (Blues) style composed and dedicated to the American guitar soloist Joseph Ehrenpreis. Based on a series of notes derived from his letter name.
The parts:
I. Toccata (Allegro presciso)
II. Ballade (L' istesso tempo - Alla breve)
III. Startled but romantic (like a waltz, Allegro)
IV. Reminiscence (Moderato)
V. Funny Dance (L' istesso tempo)
VI. Blues (Tempo di swing)
For score:
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/suite-for-joseph-for-guitar-solo-digital-sheet-music/21859154
www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-512959_suite_for_joseph_for_guitar_solo_op_82.html#512959
"Fragments" Short variations for piano solo (2018) op.78
Thirteen short variations between an introduction and a long epilogue follow a "theme" based on the lettername of distinguished Greek piano soloist and educator Kosmas Lapatas to whom are dedicated.
The work, of serial character, unfolds through an austere time signature sequence (4+4+4+4+2) a parallel scenario which narrate, may be in an autographical way, characteristic instants from a couple's life.
Sylistically marks composer's return to the austere serial technique.
The parts:
I.Moderato misterioso, Theme
II.Var i.: Disagreement
III.Var ii: Emotions
IV.Var. iii: Question
V.Var. iv: Common sense
VI.Var v: Butterflies and bats
VII.Var vi: Inner song
VIII.Var. vii: Dreamland
IX.Var. viii: Quarrel
X.Var. ix: Allegatiions
XI.Var.x: Growing tension
XII.Var. xi: Lonely souls
XIII.Var. xii: Attempts for reunion
XIV.Var. xiii: Unexpected situation (Bird of knowledge)
XV.Epilogue, From Silence to Love
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/fragments-short-variations-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/20942731
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-344235_fragments_short_variations_for_piano_solo_op_78.html
"Affliction" for contrabass solo (2018) op.77
"Affliction" for contrabass solo (2018) op.77
Work written in the memory of the victims of the great fire at Mati resort, Greece in July 2018. It is dedicated to French contrabassist Thierry Barbé, principal contrabass in Paris Opera Symphony Orchestra and professor in Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire National Superiere de Musique et de Danse de Paris), who actually gave the motive for this composition. It is based on: a. a 11tone row with D as supplementary, b. Thierry Barbé letter-name notes and c. perfect 4th interval.
The parts:
I. Invocation (lamentoso)
II.On Fire (molto agitato)
III.Flames Chasing (L' istesso tempo)
IV.Souls (tranquillo, tempo primo)
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/affliction-for-contrabass-solo-digital-sheet-music/20782193
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-339017_affliction_for_contrabass_solo_op_77.html
"Flow" for alto flute solo (2017) op.72
Composed for the British soloist Clara Rees recital in Athens took place in October 2017.
The parts:
I.Night Wandering
II.Midnight Song
II. Question in the Dark
IV.Moonlight Answer
V.Moment (birdsong before dawn)
VI.Morning Waltz
VII.Midday Tango
VIII.Afternoon Playtime
IX.Evening Waltz
X.Night Wandering
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d3KR2yMVfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtCculJfOE&t=240s
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/flow-for-alto-flute-solo-digital-sheet-music/20682860
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-320765_flow_for_alto_flute_solo_op_72.html
"Emotions" for piano solo "Mirroring the realm of emotions..." (2017) op.69
...after a sculptural triptych by M. Dedie Mourtzini (2017).
The parts:
I. Fear (Fear is the reaction to what is happening. It conquers, it determines, it dictates, it directs human emotions and actions. Fear, is the reaction to the stimuus. Like a flickering of divine energy, its trepidation resembles a relentess flirtation surrounding the human soul. At the same time, it represends an experience of an inner awakening. The soul is shaken in awe. Fear, undefined, shapeless, staggering, yet its reign is unqestionable.)
II. Sorrow - Contemplation (The moments of sorrow leads to contemplation. It is a Turning Point. It is the moment when these inseparably paired emotions touch upon the circumstances. The breath of circumstances however brings juxtaposition, conflict and tension to the soul. The Past has ended and its pains cannot be forgotten. The Present is being confronted. The Future is being born within the innermost past of the soul. Sorrow - Isolation - Profound Thinking - Contemplation are the preconditions for the handling of situations, circumstances, thoughts, emotions both in the Present and the Future.)
III. Embrace (The end of Sorrow - Contemplation. The moment of need for the soul. The need to fill in the empty, to cover, to relieve, to fee compassion, to sooth, to support, to protect.)
"Under unfavorable conditions, in times of trouble, or emergency space is being "transformed" and "transported". When man is called upon to rescue or transport his valuables, the momentof change knocks upon the door of human existence. The volatiity of the current world, conditions, past experiences, wounds losses, sa well as future anticipations, aspirations and expectations, all help create an emotional, imaginary "space" within the human mind, emotions heart and soul. The center of gravity of human existence now becomes man himself. Space "moves" inwards. The realm of emotions is the most private and sacred space.
Emotions become the center of gravity of the human soul. Interchanging, they settle in, they conquer, they determine, they dictate. Personal experience is the premise. The eimprint of the material word is mirrored in the realm of the human emotions. The sculptural triptych intents to incarnate successively the emotions escorting the basic human emotions of Need and Loss." (M. Dedie Mourtzini)
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCMRvGiuDKs
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/emotions-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/20469592
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-292048_emotions_for_piano_solo_op_69.html
"Recitativo, Ostinato and Toccata" for church organ (2016) op.66
The work is a commission by Thomas Tamvakos Greel Composers Archive.It has three mouvements, each one a developed version of an older composer's work to a new concept unity. The mystagogic character of "Recitativo" and its melodic phraseology in a rhetoric or hieratic style, is followed by the constant obsession of the "Ostinato". Horizontal lines are developed interruptedly rouns the steady transformation of motive's repetition, which escalates the course of the work to a sudden outburst of an polyphonic :"Toccata". The work is dedicated to Thomas Tamvakos. The work was performed by Christina Antoniadou at Anglican Church in Athens and at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, Kenya in 2018 and at St George Cathedral, Ano Syros (Island) in 3d International Organ Syros Festival in 2019.
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwQ0LOXbf6g&t=16s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p9RriIfPJ4
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/recitativo-ostinato-and-toccata-for-church-organ-digital-sheet-music/20774597
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338573_recitativo_ostinato_and_toccata_for_church_organ_op_66.html
"Little Jazz Piece for Iwona",One Minute for flute solo (2016) op.65
One minute piece written especially for the official presentation of double CD "ALPHA" - "BETH", at "IANOS" Athens Cultural Center on October 2016 by Iwona Glinka to whom is dedicated.
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/little-jazz-piece-for-iwona-digital-sheet-music/20430330
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-284158_little_jazz_piece_for_iwona_for_flute_solo_op_65.html
"Litany" Seven Variations on a Theme, for english horn solo (2015) op.61c
(versions for: clarinet solo op61b - alto fute solo op.61)
The parts:
Theme:“God's Word”
Var. I:“The Heart is Questioning ”
Var. II:“The Soul is Dancing”
Var. III: "The Mind is a Poet"
Var. IV:"The Flesh is Singing and Crying"
Var. V:"The Body keeps Walkin'"
Var. VI: "The Saint is Listening...(and the bird is singing!)"
Var. VII: "God's Fullfiled Presence"
The religion experience of a pilgrim in a Saint's litany (St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Greece)
in the Eastern Orthodox ritual.
The work is dedicated to oboist Isidora Kopsida. There are transcriptions available
or clarinet solo (dedicated to clarinetist and musicologist Giannis Sabrovalakis) and for alto flute solo (dedicated to flutist Nikos Katritzidakis).
Flutist Iwona Glincka performed alto flute vesrion work's premier at "An Art Artistry" Hall at Plaka, Athens, on Febrouary 2016 and at MiMoDa Studio, Los Angeles on August, same year... She also recorded the work for a double cd on Greek Composers Works for flute, under Sarton CD company.
For score:
English Horn version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/litany-for-english-horn-solo-digital-sheet-music/20782300
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338578_litany.html#339059
Clarinet version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/litany-for-clarinet-solo-digital-sheet-music/20782297
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338578_litany.html#339058
Alto Flute version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/litany-for-alto-flute-solo-digital-sheet-music/20774601
https://panagiotistheodossiou.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338578_litany_for_alto_flute_solo_op_61.html
"Tania's Portrait" for violin solo (2011) op.50
"Tania's Portrait" for violin solo (2011) op.50
Musical portrait of Greek violonist Tania Sikelianou who gave the premier performance at "Cabaret Voltaire" Cultural Center, Athens, Greece in her "Violin + 2" recital in 2012. The work is inspired from her violonistic artistry.
I.Elegy (Lento espressivo)
II.Ostinato i (L' istesso tempo e marcato)
III.Recitativo i (Poco piu mosso)
IV.Dialogue i (L' istesso tempo)
V.Ostinato ii (Largo sostenuto)
VI.Recitativo ii (Tempo primo)
VII.Dialogue ii, Finale (L' istesso tempo)
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQEbke3_qEo
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/tania-s-portrait-for-violin-solo-digital-sheet-music/20774680
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-338585_tania_s_portrait_for_violin_solo_op_50.html
"Scenes from Ancient Greece", for piano solo (2010) op.45
"Toccata" for piano solo (2010) op.45b
"Toccata" for violin solo (2010) op.45c
"Toccata" for piano solo (2010) op.45b
"Toccata" for violin solo (2010) op.45c
An Invocation, a Ritual, a Dance. Three acts of calling upon God, three different aspects of refering to Him. One of call, one of prayer, one of bacchanale ecstasy. Each one is based on a melody fragment from Ancient Greek Melos depicting three scenes from Ancient Greece.
Performed in "Faculty Recital" at "Philips Autograph Library" of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 2010 by Konstantinos Papadakis to whom is dedicated. Toccata for piano solo (2010, op.45.b) is an excerpt by the composer's three part piano solo suite "Scenes from Ancient Greece" (2010). The work is also transcribed for violin solo (op.45c) in 2019 and dedicated to soloist Tania Sikelianou.
I.Invocation (1st Delphic Hymn to Apollo)
II.Ritual (from "Orestes" Stasimon by Euripides)
III.Dance (Pirryhios) Toccata
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ16SpHvSo&t=40s Scenes from Ancient Greece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpTHIswZjJ8 Scenes from Ancient Greece (with score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_kWkL8dOU Toccata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTl0fwFZyck Toccata (with score)
For score:
Scenes from Ancient Greece
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/scenes-from-ancient-greece-digital-sheet-music/20436309
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-285698_scenes_from_ancient_greece_op_45.html
Toccata for piano solo
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/toccata-for-piano-solo-digital-sheet-music/20443115
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-287407_toccata_for_piano_solo_op_45b.html#287407
Toccata for violin solo
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/toccata-for-violin-solo-digital-sheet-music/21409777
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-370887_toccata_for_violin_solo_op_45c.html#370887
“Lorenda Variations” for piano solo (2009) op.43
A work of free serialism, based on the musical notes of the name of the distinguished greek pianist Lorenda Ramou to whom is dedicated and who gave the first performance at Hellenic Conservatory on a Composer’s Portrait by Greek Composers’ Union. The musical material is varied constantly up to the end of this one part composition.
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YEDmvnIJfM
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/lorenda-variations-digital-sheet-music/20445905
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-287757_lorenda_variations_for_piano_solo_op_43.html
“From a Diary of a Child” 30 Short Children Pieces for Piano Solo (2007) op.38
The life of a child reveals and hides inside images and sentiments, sounds and experiences, questions and concerns. Parts of a world lost forever but treasured in the adult soul.
From “First Day, First Page” of the diary and Sunday’s “Joybells” to the “Bittersweet” morning dances and the “Calm” of a “Sunny Afternoon”, from “A Sudden Absence” and a “Strange Question” to the “Loneliness” and “Dream”, from the imaginary “Indian Dance” to the “Walkin’” on “a Rainy Day” and from “March of the Goose” to the “Flowers’ Waltz”, “Lullaby” and “Farewell Song”, these “Diary of a Child” pages unfold the thread of a very well known memory, a memory of us all.
These 30 short piano pieces were composed between 2003 and 2007. Some of them are compositions of inspired children, composer’s pupils, like Orsaki Roussetou and Plato Tsoukatos-Pontikis.
This collection is dedicated to all composer’s pupils and especially toy Nikos Karidis, the grown up “child” who gave me the opportunity to write most of the pieces presented. The work was recorded by Dimitra Mane on cd for an upcoming edition. The artist performed parts of the work in composer's personal Portrait organized by "Greek Composers Union" at "Hellenic Conservatory" in Maroussi in 2010 and the whole collection at "Mikros Horos Tehnis" (Little Hall of Arts) in Glyfada, Attiki, in 2015. Parts of the work had been performed also by Eleni Papaspyrou students, from Herakleion Music School, in "Theatrical Station", Herakleion, Crete and at "Lillian Voudouri" Library Hall in Athens Concert Hall in 2015. Parts also performed by Elissavet Mantopoulou students from "Glyfada' Conservatory at "Lillian Voudouri" Library Hall in Athens Concert Hall in 2019 and by Christina Giannelou sudents from Karditsa Musical High School in Plovdviv, Poland.
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6bq5kVyafw&t=13s (excerpts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI62IN0xdA0 (excerpts)
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/from-a-diary-of-a-child-digital-sheet-music/20363717
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-264279_from_a_diary_of_a_child.html
https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=98029 (excerpts)
Toccata and Blues, for harp solo (2006) op.32
A suite for another “idiomatic” musical instrument on old and new forms. “Blues” is dedicated to Michel Legrand and “Toccata” to Francis Poulenc.
For video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exaQWqzPwY4 (Toccata)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umBZ1qDpC1g (Blues)
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/toccata-and-blues-for-harp-solo-digital-sheet-music/20430337
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-284165_toccata_and_blues_for_harp_solo_op_32.html
“Little Preludes”, for guitar solo (2004) op.31
Short images, little compositional attempts for such an “idiomatic” musical instrument. Greek soloist Dimitris Mavros recorded the work In 2020.
a. “Circles”
b. “Fanfare”
c. “Bells”
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_syFTHv0SUo
For sound:
https://soundcloud.com/user-929517567/theodossiou-final-mavros-16-441-soundcoud-cd
For score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/little-preludes-digital-sheet-music/20370908
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-265070_little_preludes_for_guitar_solo_op_31.html
https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=97523
“Eros”, for cello solo (2005) op.28
(versions for: viola solo op.28b - violin solo op.28c)
“Love shattered my mind, like a storm in an oak forest on the mountainside.”«Έρος δ’ ετίναξέ μοι φρένας, ως άνεμος κατ’ όρος δρυσίν εμπέτων.» Sappho (V, 47 Lobel – Page)
The work was a commission by the Thomas Tamvakos Greek Composers Archive. The power of love as Sappho poetically saw it and the composer musically hear it thousand years later. In a mystic and romantic-expressionistic as well mood “Eros” is based in a dialectical juxtaposition between the ancient Greek spirit and the contemporary musical thinking. The short citations of the famous Orestes stasimo from the Euripidian trilogy which recurs periodically works as a sacred voice from the past that leads the composer through the centuries and motivates his creativity.
The work has been performed twice in 2006: by Dimitris Magriotis at “Philippos Nakas” Concert Hall, Athens and by Olga Articopoulou at “EXPO ATHENS” Concert Hall, in the “Anthousa String Festival” receiving a honoured distinction.
In its version for viola solo (2010, op.28b), it has been performed by Andrea Hemmenway in Composer's Portrait, organized by the "Greek Composers Union" at "Hellenic Conservatory" in Marousi in 2010 and in her personal recital at "Vryssaki Hall", Athens Plaka, the same year. In 2019 the work transcribed also for violin solo (op.28c) for the Greek soloist Tania Sikelianou to whom the transcription is dedicated.
For video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MyLyIpbcwg cello version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em16BZYkEW8 viola version
For score
Cello version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/eros-for-cello-solo-digital-sheet-music/20451707
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-288623_eros.html#288623
Viola version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/eros-for-viola-solo-digital-sheet-music/20451709
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-288623_eros.html#288624
Violin version
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/eros-for-violin-solo-digital-sheet-music/21405257
https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-288623_eros.html#369783
“Thrinos”, for cello solo (2003) op.21
3d Variation from “Nocturne” for flute, oboe, cello and piano (2003).
It has been performed by Photini Nikolopoulou at “Athenaeum” Concert Hall, Athens in 2003 and by Kostis Theos at "Ph. Nakas" Concert Hall, Athens in 2010. In the same year the work have been transcribed for viola solo (op.21b.). In 2019 the work transcribed also for violin solo (op.21c) for the Greek soloist Tania Sikelianou to whom the transcription is dedicated.
For video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5gWwRJ8IzA
For score:
Cello version