related works
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 3perc 2hp str tape
Wavespace : Octet with live electronics and live video / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
pf fl-a vn vibr cl-b vc sax-a db tape
observatory : for ensemble with tape / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
rec db vla acc perc tape
Les extrêmes se touchent : for pan flute, guitar and electronics / Roderik de Man
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
panflute gtr 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