related works
RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape
Orbital : Interactive video score for ensemble / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
ens tape
Sonata for an odd couple : for violin, piano and pre-recorded percussion / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
vn pf soundtrack
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
4sopr tape
composition
The Lost Border Dances : for double string quartet and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Author(s):
Kyriakides, Yannis
(Composer)
Description:
The title refers to the dances performed by border guards, known as Akrites, during the height of the Byzantine Empire. The transcription of these dances and their modern equivalents found in the traditions of the Pontos, through Northern Greece to the Balkans, is used in the piece as basis for the musical material. There is no reference to the folk music tradition - rather the description of the movements themselves have been translated into musical gesture, and the music re-imagined.
There are 8 dances which are encoded in the music, each quartet alternating in taking the lead, like a dance battle, or a dance-off. The transitions become increasingly longer as the piece progresses, creating a shared sonic space between the re-imagined dances, an uncontested buffer zone.
Yannis Kyriakides