Mikis Theodorakis

Sung texts are in Greek; English, German and French translations are included. A good friend of mine, the poet lacovos Kambanellis, was a prisoner in Mauthausen during World War 11. At the beginning o...

Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier

'In 1990 the International Olympic Committee commissioned me to compose a symphonic work for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona (1992). I thought that content and form of a piece of music which is de...

Mezzo-Sopran, lyrischer Bariton, Bariton, gemischter Chor und Sinfonieorchester. 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 - 4 * 2 * 3 * 1 - P. S. (Trgl. * Tomt. * gr. Tr) (2 Spieler) - ì Klav. * 2 Bouzoukis [o. 2 Mand.] - Str.

Mezzo-Sopran, gemischter Chor und Orchester. 3 (3. auch Picc.) * 2 * 2 * Sax. * 2 - 4 * 3 * 3 * 1 - P. S. (Trgl. * Gl. * ì hg. Beck. * Beckenpaar * Tamt. * Tamb. * Tomt. * Mil. Tr. * Bong. * gr. Tr. *...

'This work was written in 1997 and one year later the composer himself conducted the first performance in Munich with the cellist Tatjana Wassiljewa. The nine movements of the Rhapsody are named after...

Flöte (Oboe, Klarinette in B, Trompete in B), Streichorchester und Percussion - Flöte, Klavier und Streichorchester

Orchester

Suite No. 1 is a hymn to the divinity of the dance. The piece explores all possibilities of extreme rhythm, harmony and orchestration in order to place special emphasis on the piano as a solo instrume...

Mit 'Zorba's Dance' schuf Mikis Theodorakis jene Melodie, die die griechische Musiktradition von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart zu verkörpern scheint und heute als Syrtaki weltweit den Inbegriff der vol...

The 'Passacailles for two Pianos' were written during the years (1954-60) when the composer lived and studied in Paris. During this period his compositional technique was dominated by a system of tetr...

Mezzo-Sopran, lyrischer Bariton, Bariton, gemischter Chor und Sinfonieorchester. 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 - 4 * 2 * 3 * 1 - P. S. (Trgl. * Tomt. * gr. Tr) (2 Spieler) - ì Klav. * 2 Bouzoukis [o. 2 Mand.] - Str.

Mezzo-Sopran, gemischter Chor und Orchester. 3 Flutes (3d flute muta in Piccolo) * 2 Oboes * 1 English Horn * 1 Saxophone * 2 Clarinets in Bb * 2 Bassoons * 4 Horns * 3 Trumpets in Bb * 3 Trombones *...

Theodorakis wrote this work in January 1968 at the Averoff prison in Athens, when his fellow-prisoners asked him for a new composition. He named it after the prison. Together with this work he compose...

gebundene Ausgabe

broschierte Ausgabe

This work is based on two song cycles, 'Lyrikotera' (to poems by Dionysis Karatzas, 1995) and 'Lyrikotata' (to poems by Yiannis Theodorakis, 1996). The composer created the final version for piano in...