related works

Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: cl-b

Annabel : Version for narrator, alto recorder/sopranino recorder, flute/contrabass flute, trumpet and piano / Ned McGowan; text by Annie M.G. Schmidt

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: voc rec-a fl/fl-cb trp pf

Rilke Lieder : voor altstem en 10 blazers, 1985 / Roland Voortman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: alt 2fl 2ob cl cl(cl-b) 2fg 2h

En oog in zee: Arianna a Naxos : voor mezzosopraan en accordeon / Joseph Haydn in the bewerking van Willem Boogman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang acc

composition

Melos hidiston : for voice, tenor recorder, viola, cello, double bass and piano, 1991 / Calliope Tsoupaki

Other authors:
Tsoupaki, Calliope (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Melos hidiston, as the title implies, is a piece based on two fragments from the Song of Songs, a love poem included in the Old Testament ascribed to Solomon. I use the text as it is in the first Greek translation of the O: the Greek letter for the numer 70. The title consits of the two words: melos that is a general word for melody, and hidiston, an adjective that means sweetest. So the literal translation of the title is melody sweetest. According to that the text is mostly set on melismatic melodies that are as well the most used musical element in the piece. - CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI