Molyvos International Music Festival - ODYSSEY Part 3: PENELOPE
About this event
The third evening of the Molyvos International Music Festival titled “PENELOPE” features an array of arias and songs, sung by soprano Danae Kontora, highlighting Penelope‘s female perspective within the Odyssey. Α feast of world-class chamber music concerts at a breathtaking location.
The Molyvos International Music Festival (MIMF) is a unique project in the North Aegean region, bringing together the greatest international young talents for a celebration of world-class classical music. Fusing exciting rising stars alongside the biggest names in classical music, MIMF rises as Greece’s most prestigious classical music event and one of Europe’s idyllic chamber music festivals.
This stream is available to watch until December 31, 2023.
Programme
Concert – approx. 65 min programme
Repertoire
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
2. Sei du mein Trost [Βe my Comfort], K. 391
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
4. Gretchen am Spinnrade [Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel], D. 118
5. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Lied der Mignon) [Only He Who Knows Longing (Mignon’s Song)], D. 877, No. 4
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
6. An Malvina [To Malvina] for Guitar Solo from Bardenklänge [Bardic Sounds], Op. 13
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
7. Die Nacht [Night], Op. 10, No. 3 8. Amor [Cupid], Op. 68, No. 5 9. Morgen [Tomorrow], Op. 27, No. 4
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
10. Apparition
Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
11. Lamento [Lament]
12. Chanson Triste [Song of Sadness]
Eibhlís Farrell (γενν. 1953)
13. Penelope Weaving for Viola Solo
Attik (1885-1944)
14. Apo Mesa Pethamenos [Dead From the Inside]
Michalis Sougioul (1906-1958)
15. As Erhosoun gia Ligo [If you Could Come for a While]
Danae Kontora, soprano Danae Dörken, piano Kiveli Dörken, piano Petrit Çeku, guitar Sindy Mohamed, viola
The concert was filmed at Molyvos, Lesbos, Greece.
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