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Athens State Orchestra
“SACRIFICE” CYCLE
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62
– Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, opus 26
- Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
SOLOIST Dimitris Sgouros piano
CONDUCTOR Vassilis Christopoulos
Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 (Time: 8:00 PM)
English National Ballet
The English National Ballet (or ΕΝΒ as it is known
to its millions of fans all over the world) is the
main international representative of the famous
English Ballet School, and offers a broad reperto-
ry of works, some of them rarely performed.
The ENB's two performances at the Concert Hall
will feature a unique triptych: in the centre, the
much-loved
pas de deux
from Minkus’ “Don
Quixote” framed by the ‘bedroom duet’ from
“Manon” choreographed by Κ. MacMillan and a
newly choreographed sequence to music by Eric
Satie titled “Trois Gnosiennes”. The programme
will open with one of the undisputed masterpieces
of the 20th century, George Balanchine’s “Apollo”
based on the famous score by Igor Stravinsky,
and will conclude with the “Suite en Blanc” by
Serge Lifar to music by Eduard Lalo – a rare work
of the French neoclassical school, seen only once
in Greece, many years ago. Its staging again in
Greece is an event worth seeing in itself.
Organized by: State of the Art Productions
Tuesday, May 29 (Time: 8:00 PM)
“Opus Elgin: the destruction of the
Parthenon”
Opera in two acts by Theodore C. Stathis
An original work concerning the story of the plun-
dering of the Parthenon and Greece’s demand
that the Parthenon marbles be returned.
CONDUCTOR Peter Tiboris
DIRECTOR Christophoros Christofis
SET DESIGNER Yiannis Varelas
CHOREOGRAPHER Ersi Pitta
SOLOIST Nina Lotsari soprano
Eleni Davou mezzo-soprano
Dimitris Kavrakos bass
Organized by: IMEROS for Culture
ONASSIS CULTURAL
CENTRE
Orchestra of the Colours
Works by: Ives / Shostakovich / Weill
May 23, 2012 8:30 PM, Main Stage
The programme of this concert takes us on an exhil-
arating journey back to the sizzling musical scene of
the early decades of the 20th century—an era of per-
haps unparalleled musical explorations, which far
surpass the stereotypical image of modernism in
music that we have formed in retrospect.
Although American art music had emerged in the
shadow of developments in Europe, the early 20th
century saw the emergence of a necessary differen-
tiation.
Charles Ives
(1874–1954) is one of the
geniuses of 20th-century music. Handling his musi-
cal material with absolute freedom, Ives displayed a
complete lack of respect for both the dictates of clas-
sicism and the dogmas of European avant-garde.
The composer’s aesthetic was intimately related to
the philosophy of transcendental idealism (Emerson,
Thoreau et al.), and virulently rejected the standardi-
zation of the individual through the institutions of soci-
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