composer
Calliope Tsoupaki was born on May 27, 1963, in Piraeus (Greece). She has been living in the Netherlands since 1988 and teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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related works
Pirouette : for harp solo, 1997 / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK8
Tre canzoni : per coro a cappella, 1958 / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
8soloists GK8
composition
O zuyderste lucht : for mixed choir, 2003 / text: Antonis ten Roovere, Calliope Tsoupaki
Other authors:
Roovere, Anthonis de
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): [Première: 13-12-2003 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht - Netherlands Radio Choir under the direction of Peter Dijkstra] - O Zuyderste Lucht was written for the Dutch Music Days 2003 where it received its première. It was composed for the Netherlands Radio Choir of the Netherlands. The poet is Anthonis de Roovere. It tells of the unrequited love of a woman who has lost her lover. She saw him depart in a southerly and the poem tells of her desire of him and her despair because she will never see him again. Only when she feels the wind from the south does she then feel the nearness of her lover and that is the only caress, which she will ever receive. For this reason the title O Zuyderste Lucht (Oh, southern wind). A true love song! - CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI