composer
General: Calliope Tsoupaki was born on May 27, 1963, in Piraeus (Greece).
Education: Calliope Tsoupaki was educated at the Hellinicon Conservatory in Athens and took composition lessons with Yannis Ioanithis. Besides ...
related works
Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
cl-b
Zangerslied : opus 37, voor gemengd koor a cappella, 1952 / Lex van Delden
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK4
Egidius waer bestu bleven? : (bewerking voor gemengd koor) / Guillaume Landré
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK4
Roulette of moments : for choir (percussion and strings ad lib.), 1979 / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Mixed choir and instruments
Instruments:
GK4 (perc str ad lib.)
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