WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
ISLAND PICTURES
Suite for solo violin and orchestra, based on motives from the Dodecanese
1928/1938
I. To the Dawn – Andantino semplice e calmo
II. Lullaby – Andantino
III. Sousta – Vivo
Orchestra: 2 3 2 2 – 4 2 1 0 – Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Strings
Duration: 18’
First Performance: 8 April 1928
Attikon Theatre, Athens
Symphony Orchestra of the Athens Conservatory
Conducted by Ivan Boutnikov
Violin Solo: Friderikos Voloninis
The work was first performed in its original conception (1928) of four movements. The original third movement Idyllic Dance was later removed and used as the second movement of Three Greek Dances for orchestra.
Publication:
Full score: Unpublished.
Violin and piano: Gaetanos, Athens 1937. [Out of print]
Island Pictures: The motives are taken from the collection of Mavris and Papadopoulos [N. G. Mavris and E. A. Papadopoulos, Port Said 1928, in Dodecanesian Lyre, vol. I: Kasiaki Lyra (Lyre from Kasos, island of the Dodecanese.)].
April 12, 1924. First performance of the Idyllic Dance from the Concerts Grassi. [© MKS]
The Idyllic Dance, based on themes taken from the Intermezzo of Protomastoras, was written in 1924 on a commission from the Concerts Grassi. It was performed for the first time [with dancer] in Paris that same year under the French title Danse Idyllique (12 April 1924; Theatre de la Gaite Lyrique; Orchestre de l’ Association des Concerts Grassi; E. C. Grassi, conductor; Isabel Etchessarry, dancer).
