Product Description
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 tome
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 maybe 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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