MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis at the Great Hall of the Conservatory

 3 November at 20:00 — musicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis at the Great Hall of the Conservatory.

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Following the principle of combining renowned masterpieces and contemporary works in one programme, Teodor Currentzis brings together Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and a composition by the Dutch-Cypriot composer, sound and multimedia artist Yannis Kyriakides, Ein Schemen.

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is perhaps the best-known and most frequently performed work of the French classic. Whatever losses may have haunted the composer during the years of work on the Requiem, he claimed that it ‘wasn’t written for anything – for pleasure, if I may call it that!’ There are three versions of the work. MusicAeterna will present the third edition, written in 1900 for large orchestra, choir, two soloists, and organ.

Kyriakides’ works reflect on musical communication, breaking down stereotypes about listeners and performers, exploring new connections between words and sound with computer technologies. His Ein Schemen is homage or even a re-composition of A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. Elements of Brahms’ musical language are extracted from the original score, extended and transformed into soundscapes. Frozen time forms a space where the listener is free to follow in Brahms’ footsteps.

The concert feature soloists: soprano Fanie Antonelou (Greece) is masterful in a variety of vocal techniques and a vast repertoire and baritone Mikhail Timoshenko who is a rising star on the world opera stage, currently involved in the classical and contemporary repertoires of the Opéra Bastille in Paris and other opera houses across Europe.

The concert is supported by musicAeterna’s general partner ВТБ

At the entrance, spectators are required to show a QR code confirming protection against COVID-19 and an ID document.

The concert will be dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821.

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