gerelateerde werken

Tinkling : or, Killing time in an airport lounge (and being arrested), for piano and ensemble, version for 9 players, 1999/2006 / Yannis Kyriakides

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting: fl(pic) cl trb perc el.g vl vc cb pf-solo

Elsewhere : for 2 pianos, 2 percussionists, audio and video / Yannis Kyriakides

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting: 2pdf 2perc tape

Qumran B : for percussion set and electronics / Ángel Arranz

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting: perc electronics

Ten Songs of Change : for cello (also voice), piano and tape / Marion von Tilzer

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting: vc/zang pf tape

compositie

The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides

Overige auteurs:
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