related works

Untitled Love : for mezzo-soprano and piano / pianoforte / Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Unknown
Scoring: m-sop pf

Farewell Songs : for countertenor, Baroque ensemble, and Chinese instruments / Edward Top

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang suona 2erhu saxkbut perc cemb vn vc db

Triptych: The Letter of Vilma Grunwald : for mezzo-soprano, solo cello, string quartet and piano / Marion von Tilzer

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang 2vc 2vn vla pf

Oasen : liederencyclus voor alt, hobo en klavier, opus 73, juli 1954 / gedichten uit den gelijknamigen bundel van Rolf Italiaander, Hans Schouwman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: alt ob pf

composition

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

Author(s):
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