componist
General: Yannis Kyriakides was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1969, emigrated to Britain in 1975, and has been living in the Netherlands since 1992. He currently lives in Amsterdam with ...
gerelateerde werken
Dreams of the Blind : for ensemble, electronics and video text / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Electronische Muziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Bezetting:
voice rec cl trb vibr pf g-e vn db tape video
de l'iris : for ensemble and electronics / Ruud Roelofsen
Genre:
Electronische Muziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Bezetting:
fl sax-a cl-b tb pf perc vl tape
Heroneya : for violin, cello, bassoon, piano and electronic recording / Alla Zagaykevych
Genre:
Electronische Muziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Bezetting:
vln vc fg pf tape
Genre:
Electronische Muziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Bezetting:
fg db cl(cl-b) tape
compositie
The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
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