Code: JP1057
ISMN: 979-0-3019-0035-2
Elegy for Antigone for Oboe and Piano (2012) in based on
Aeolian Mode and recasts music material borrowed from
former compositions. The character of the piece is
lyric-nostalgic-sentimental with dramatic outbursts, in
a process to reflect Antigone's tragic personality of
the ancient Greek plays. Furthermore, the tone
qualities of the specific instrumentation symbolically
reinforce the antagonism between ‘ethos' and ‘pathos' –
the two opposite poles that combine ancient Antigone's
myth. On the other hand, the two oboe cadenzas, the
introductory and the intermediate, highlight the
sonorous and technical flexibility the instrument. The
piece was premiered by the virtuoso oboist Dr. Kostis
Hassiotis, on March 5th, 2012, at the Concert Hall of
the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki Greece.
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