Product Description
This is the piano version of the original chamber version of this
work with the title Ephatha and is scored for Flute, Clarinet in B flat,
Bassoon, Piano, Percussion (Timpani, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum,
Triangle, Tambourine, Bass Drum), Violin, Viola, Cello.
Ephatha
was commissioned by the Athens
Concert Hall. This work of mine is a scream of faith. It is the Impossible, possible. It is the needed effort for the
realization of something. It is the
thought behind every success and every failure.
It is the extra step we took and succeeded or the one we didnt take and
failed. In all my works since 1992 the
aspect of Death is the primarily
energy and initiative energy in my musical thought.
In Ephatha I try to offer to faith the
first step and to myself a chance for a salvation in this level of
creation. The title of the work comes to
me from the St. Marks Gospel 7, 32-35 from where I took most of the
realization of the work. Of course, as a western educated composer I used
material I found in front of me in those years of exploration in the music
world and I didnt conceive the work "under a tree", an image that most of us may
be had for creators over the years. There are so many and so little a
composer/creator can say for his/her work.
I will not challenge you with the many. Rhythm always gives me the drive
for continuation in this work. I utilize
important elements from my Greek heritage and personal elements as well when it
comes to form. Thats why my music takes
its shape and develops itself via a trip.
It starts with optimism, moves to an impulse and dizziness of the moment
and souls nostalgia, the simplicity of the youth, the pain and salvation of Death and again returns at this
optimistic feeling that was lost for a while. The procedure of composing is
very simple when I walk through it step by step. Everything is so clear, ceremonial, related
like a pray. Whatever I offered I should
receive back. Nothing more.
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