Bassoon ensemble
A concert with a bassoon ensemble is a unique musical experience that combines warm, deep and playful sounds! Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" stands at the center of the programme, transcribed by the great bassoon soloist Dag Jensen, and moves us to a world full of harmony and original sound styles. An evening that promises to surprise and captivate the audience by revealing the wide expressive range of the instrument, from velvety bass notes to dynamic, humorous, virtuosic passages!
Cross-Over
On the occasion of the 90 anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, the Metallon Ensemble, with the collaboration of the singer Doros Dimosthenous and conducted by Nikos Haliassas, proposes a programme comprising some of the most beloved and emblematic songs of the man who was also called "The king of Rock and Roll" or simply the "King" and considered as one among the greatest artists in the history of spectacles. Elvis Presley performed and also developed all kinds of music that appeared in America. From Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Rock’n’Roll, Rhythm’n’Blues, Country, Gospel, Spitituals, Soul, Pop, Blues, Rock, Ballads to Bossa Nova. A perfectionist artist who was not simply a singer; on the contrary he highlighted in such a particular way several songs which were forgotten or not rather impactful.
Echoes of war: Mahler and Korngold
The young lead musician John Warner, a rising star of the British music spectrum, apart from being a conductor of the Oxford Opera, is also the founder of the "Orchestra for the Earth" which acts at a global level, combining music with ecological awareness. In his debut with the Athens State Orchestra, he shall present two works of major Austrian composers who have many and essential common features, although born with a gap of more than forty years. Mahler and Korngold are the two sides of the same musical "coin": the former, introversive and hypersensitively psychoanalytic, the latter, extroversive and "aggressively" charming, they share the same hyperromantic language, sensual, lavish, delightful in all aspects!
Late night with the Athens State Orchestra
The Estonian lead musician, Anu Tali is active in both Europe and America, and distinguished as one among the most active and recognized female conductors of the 21st century. It´s the third time that the Athens State Orchestra receives Anu Tali, with the certainty that she shall leave a mark of woman elegance and finesse with a purely French proramme, proving that what sounds "light" may at the same time be very serious, essential and deep. Together with Anu Tali, the dynamic Greek piano soloist, Nefeli Mousoura in one of the most famous and impressive French works for piano, Saint-Saëns's concerto No.2
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Classic Rock IX
After last year's unprecedented success, 9th Classic Rock returns to the Herodeion for one more meeting of SepticFlesh with the Athens State Orchestra. The Piraeus Vocal Ensemble LIBRO CORO will complement the unique spectacle. SepticFlesh symphonic/metal live was presented for one and only time in 2019 at the "Metropolitan Theater of Mexico City" with the Mexico Symphony Orchestra, featuring 140 musicians and a 40-member choir. It was a top-tier sold-out concert attended by more than 3500 spectators. Five years later, this project comes to Greece, promising a unique music experience at the world’s most emblematic concert hall, the Herodeion, under the Athens Acropolis and the Attica starry night. The world famous Dutch lead musician, Koen Schoots shall conduct the Athens State Orchestra.
Piano Quintet
The concert's two piano quintets, the first composed in 1887 and the second in 1914, have several, essential common grounds: both are composed under a romantic idiom and draw a significant part of their themes from the special musical tradition of their composers' countries, Czechia and Hungary correspondingly. In addition, in both Quintets, piano and strings interact dynamically and intensely, thus rendering them two among the most seducing works of the piano quintet genre.
Healing Music
The decade of 1820's was undoubtedly an exciting period for the musicophiles of Vienna. Mature and isolated from the rest of the people due to his profound deafness, Ludwig van Beethoven turns almost exclusively to his favorite string quartet, thus creating unprecedentedly complex and beautiful works. His big admirer, Franz Schubert, of assured recognition through his excellent songs, enriches the chamber music repertoire with some of his most important works. In 1824, Schubert composes his quartet No. 13 in A minor to be called "the Rosamunde quartet" due to the melody used in the second movement, taken from the homonymous scenic music. In 1825, Beethoven presented his quartet No. 15, also in A minor, the third movement of which, “Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a convalescent in the Lydian mode”, is a sincere confession from the bottom of the great composer's heart, following a serious health problem he had faced.
20 years since the death of Ligeti
On the occasion of his mother's death, Brahms explored the rear sound combination of violin with French horn and piano, composing this trio that now occupies a major position within his rich work for chamber music ensembles. A bit more than a century after, Ligeti, who was very little engaged in small chamber music ensembles, wrote a "Hommage to Brams" Trio, precisely to accompany the German composer's work in concert programmes.
A night in Lilipoupoli
"Children, stick your ears on your radios. There's a surprise for you. Today, the Third Program finally broadcasts Lilipoupoli (the TinyTown)". It is with these words that the radio broadcasting of legendary Lilipoupoli started on Monday, December 19, 1977 at 09:30 AM. Nowadays, Chronos Ensemble, with the addition of Athina Kapsetaki and the collaboration of the soprano Vasia Zacharopoulou and the "12 notes" Children's choir, attempts to remind us the music, as well as some of the most beloved songs then created for a radio program of historical spontaneity, fantasy and boldness, "EDO LILIPOUPOLI"! (Voice of the TinyTown!)
From Austria to a New World
The concert "From Austria to a New World" featuring works for flute and string trio, is a musical journey across countries and centuries. The programme includes renowned works, such as the overture to Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" transcribed for flute, violin, viola and cello, as well as A. Dvorak's "American" quartet, transcribed for the same ensemble by the famous flutist Emmanuel Pahud. Alongside, less known works are presented, such as Hoffmeister's flute quartet in C minor and the Hungarian composer's Léo Weiner's quartet for flute in C minor.