composer
Yannis Kyriakides was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1969, emigrated to Britain in 1975, and has been living in the Netherlands since 1992. He currently lives in Amsterdam with his ...
related works
The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Electronical music
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met elektronica
Scoring:
4vln 2vla 2vc tape
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 2220 5perc cb 2pf-solo
Concerto : per 2 pianoforti e complesso da camera, 1981, revisione 1983 / Jan Wisse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 0101 2perc 6vl 2cb 2pf-solo
Concerto : for piano and 16 instruments, 1992 / Janine Mehrtens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
1111 1100 timp xylmar tub-bells cel hp 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
composition
Tinkling, : or, Killing time in an airport lounge (and being arrested), for piano and ensemble, 2003 / Yannis Kyriakides
Other authors:
Monk, Thelonious
(on a theme by)
Description:
Program note (English): This is a fantasy on a Thelonious Monk riff from the piece Trinkle Tinkle. The idea of the piece comes from a scene in the documentary Straight no chaser, where Monk is seen spinning around like a whirling dervish is an airport space. In Boston Monk once wandered around the airport until the police picked him up and took him to Grafton State Hospital for a week's observation. He was quickly released without strings, and though the experience persuaded him never to go out on the road alone again, he used to tell it as a certification of his sanity. "I can't be crazy", he used to say with conviction, "cause they had me in one of those places and they let me go." - YANNIS KYRIAKIDES