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Petridou - Visions of the Greek Soul | Divine Art DDA21233

Petridou - Visions of the Greek Soul

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Label: Divine Art

Cat No: DDA21233

Barcode: 0809730123320

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 8th November 2019

Contents

Artists

Alison Smart (soprano)
Jenni Harper (soprano)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano)
Susan Legg (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (tenor)
Jeremy Birchall (bass)
Patrick Ardagh-Walter (bass)
Cilia Petridou (Roland electric piano)
Katharine Durran (piano)

Conductor

Alison Smart

Works

Petridou, Cilia

Asmata (Anyte Collection)
Byzantine Doxology

Artists

Alison Smart (soprano)
Jenni Harper (soprano)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano)
Susan Legg (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (tenor)
Jeremy Birchall (bass)
Patrick Ardagh-Walter (bass)
Cilia Petridou (Roland electric piano)
Katharine Durran (piano)

Conductor

Alison Smart

About

Cilia Petridou was an accomplished pianist until her career was ended by major surgery, since when she has concentrated on composition. Moving with her family to the UK, she was hugely affected by the Turkish invasion of north Cyprus which destroyed their home town of Famagusta; her music is often informed by that political and social tragedy and also by the landscapes of Cyprus, ancient literature and the Greek Orthodox liturgy.

This double album is in two parts: the Asmata is a collection of songs inspired by the poetry of Anyte of Tegea, divided between two sopranos. A small vocal ensemble then presents the Byzantine Doxology, a new setting of Orthodox liturgical texts. Most is sung in Greek and is suffused, even in the case of a setting of Emily Dickinson, with the musical traditions of that country.

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