SONGS FOR VOICE AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
IAMBS AND ANAPAESTS
PART I – I LOVE YOU
Poems by Kostis Palamas
1. Prelude – Joining Anapaests to lambs
2. I Love You Like a Brave Song (1918/1925/1943)
3. Igisso (1922/1943)
4. Two Little Eyes (1922-1943)
5. The Woman’s Eyes (1924/1943)
6. Handsome Boy – O My Children, My Loves (1925/1943)
7. Unearthing Them from Somewhere Below (1925/1943)
8. In the Gorges of Arna (1918/1925/1943)
Publication:
Maurice Senart, Paris 1929.
Discography
Manolis Kalomiris: Sunrise / I love you.
The Hellenic Culture Organization S.A. – Ministry of Culture, Athens 2006.
Presentation of the CD in Greek. [link]
* For the version for solo voice, violin and orchestra look under the Category of Works for Voice and Orchestra.
Igisso (Hegesso), a woman’s name.
Arna, village in the region of Lakonia in the southern Peloponnese. (Arna also signifies negation, in which case the title would assume a symbolic meaning).
Palamas, Kostis [link] (1859-1943), great lyric poet of historical importance in Greek literature. He was during his lifetime the admired leader of the Demotic Movement. He wrote in a grandiloquent flamboyant style, in which lyric expression was interwoven with elements of historical and traditional character. Palamas’ poetry became an important inspiration for Kalomiris’ vocal work. The two men had a lifelong friendship and admiration for each other. Kalomiris set to music numerous poems of Palamas and, finally, dedicated to him the Symphony No. 3, Palamiki.
[Notes by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
