related works

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

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

Ryoanji temple : for contralto, oboe, violin, viola and 'cello / Tera de Marez Oyens

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: alt ob vl vla vc

The end : seven songs for bass/baritone solo, 1992 / Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice solo; Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bas-bar ; bas-bar instr

The rags of time : for baritone and eight instrumentalists / Huib Emmer

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar fl cl perc man g hp vl db

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