The concert is part of the Solon Michaelides Year Celebration
An iconic figure of art music in Cyprus, Solon Michaelides forged a compositional style infused with Byzantine melodic elements as well as Greek and Cypriot folk rhythms, and informed aesthetically and technically by his exposure to the French and British interwar musical scenes. Often, he imparts a very specific, ethereal quality to the music through a transparent orchestration, shifting tertiary harmonies and an uncomplicated texture.
Byzantine Offering is exemplary of this ethereal and austere atmosphere, as the composer envisioned its creation after a visit to the Panayia Aggeloktisti Church. In La Flûte, the impressionistic element is almost an imperative, as is in the Prelude for Violin and Piano. In contrast, works such as the String quartet, the Greek suite for cello and piano, and the Trio for violin, cello, and piano draw on the Cypriot folk idiom to paint their musical canvas.
Piano Trio (1946)
Byzantine Offering (1944, originally for string orchestra), transcr. for str. quartet by M. Michaelides
String quartet (1934)
Ode for cello and piano (1974)
Prèlude for violin and piano (1970?)
Four-part Fugue in D minor, transcr. for str. quartet by M. Michaelides
La Flûte (1934, originally for soprano and piano), transcr. for str. quartet by M. Michaelides
Nicos Pittas, violin
Iraklis Mitellas, violin
Nicolas Papageorgiou, viola
Miranda Papaneocleous, cello
Elena Mouzalas, piano
Booking & Event Information
Lefkosia: Saturday 26 October 2019,
Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate: 17:00
Larnaka: Sunday 27 October 2019,
Municipal Theatre, 17:00
Ticket price: €5
Ticket presales:
Pallas Theatre (Rigenis and Arsinoes corner, Lefkosia 1010, 22 410181)
- Online at cyso.org.cy
- Box Office, Wed 16:00-19:00 and 1 hr before the concert
Larnaka Municipal Theatre (Leonida Kioupi, Larnaka, 24 665794)
- Box Office, 1,5 hrs before the concert
Information: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy
