gerelateerde werken
RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape
Dreams of the Blind : for ensemble, electronics and video text / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting:
voice rec cl trb vibr pf g-e vn db tape video
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting:
stem pf 2vn vla vc db tape
Totem for Den Haag : for ensemble, electronics and video / Matthew Wright
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting:
sax-t sax-bar trb g-e perc pf tape
compositie
The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Auteur(s):
Kyriakides, Yannis
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The title refers to the dances performed by border guards, known as Akrites, during the height of the Byzantine Empire. The transcription of these dances and their modern equivalents found in the traditions of the Pontos, through Northern Greece to the Balkans, is used in the piece as basis for the musical material. There is no reference to the folk music tradition - rather the description of the movements themselves have been translated into musical gesture, and the music re-imagined.
There are 8 dances which are encoded in the music, each quartet alternating in taking the lead, like a dance battle, or a dance-off. The transitions become increasingly longer as the piece progresses, creating a shared sonic space between the re-imagined dances, an uncontested buffer zone.
Yannis Kyriakides