Ekaterini Karamessini
List of works

Instrumental works

  • 2 Piano Sonatas, (1995-96)
  • Preludes and Fugues’, (1994) for piano
  • Spells’, (1995) for cello and piano
  • 2 String Quartets, (1994-95)
  • Ariadne’s Clue’,(2000) for clarinet quintet (clarinet and string quartet)
  • La Transparance du Mal’, (2001) for flute, vibraphone, harp and saxophone quartet

 Voice

  • A Song’, (1994) song cycle for soprano and piano – a tribute to Charles Ives (text in English by the composer)
  • Sunday of the Aegean’, (1995) for soprano, oboe and piano (text in English by I.M.Panayotopoulos)
  • Anadyomene’, (1995) for flute, violin, viola, tam-tam, piano and soprano (text in English by A. Sikelianos)
  • 16 Symphonic Songs for Europe: (2002-3) for soprano, mezzo, tenor, bass and symphony orchestra
  • L ‘ Adieu’, (2003) for soprano, clarinet, trumpet, piano, violin, cello and percussion (text in French by Appollinaire), for Ensemble Aleph

 Chorus

  • Song of the Witches’, (1996) for mixed choir a cappella (text in English by William Shakespeare)
  • With beauty and beauty and beauty…’, (1999) for saxophone (soprano and alto), solo soprano voice and 12part chorus – a tribute to Virginia Woolf (text in Latin and English by the composer)

 Oratorio

  • Love overpowering’, (2003) with Text from the New Testament in Greek, English, French and Russian, for soprano, mezzo, bass, narrator, children’s chorus, male chorus and full Symphony Orchestra (premiered in Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2003). Commissioned by the International Forum for Religions and Civilizations.

 Symphony Orchestra - Concerto

  • Macedonian Dance’, (1995) for full Symphony Orchestra
  • Dead Brother’s Tale’, (1997) for Narrators (1 male, 1 female and 3 children) and full Symphony Orchestra (text in English by the composer)
  • Song of Dionysus’, (2002) concerto for Saxophone and Symphony Orchestra

 Dance

  • Eros in Calypso’s island’, (1997) ballet for instrumental ensemble

 Opera / dance-opera

  • The Little Prince’, (1997-99) opera for children and grown-ups in 3 acts, based on the book of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ‘le Petit Prince’ - available in English and in French (adopted by director Soto Karamesini with libretto by the composer)
  • Dreamstream’, (2000) dance – opera based on James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake’ and homeric hymns for large instrumental ensemble, 5 voice soloists, female chorus, children’s chorus and pre-recorded material (text by the composer in Greek, English, Yoruba and Hebrew, scenario by director Soto Karamesini) – Recording available

Music for incidental theatre

  • Non si sa come…’ by Luigi Pirantello (directed by K. Konstantopoulos, Athens 2000) – Recording available
  • The Lover’ by Harold Pinter (directed by Soto Karamesini, Thessaloniki 2000, Athens 2001)
  • A talew heart’ by E. A. Poe and other writers (directed by Nikos Thomopoulos, Athens 2002) – Recording available

 Discography

  • The Lover’, CD – IMACO Music, 2001
  • Song of Dionysus’ , concerto for saxophone and orchestra ,recorded in London UK, 2002 with Philharmonia Orchestra, and conductor Martyn Brabbins, CDNAXOS, 2002

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