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composed by Victor Kioulaphides. The ´Concerto per orchestra a pizzico´ by Victor Kioulaphides´ was composed for and dedicated to the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra ´HET CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman. The work was composed in 2004 and is one of the larger works (±18 minutes) for plucked instruments by Kioulaphides. It is scored for 1st and 2nd mandolins, mandolas, guitars, a mandoloncello and a chitarrone moderno. The première of this delightful composition took place in the Concert hall of the Stedelijke Muziekschool in Groningen (Netherlands) on Saturday 19th of March (2005) in the presence of the composer. What is seen and heard on this video is the last movement: Rondo - Allegro spiccato "Telemanniana", as performed during the première. |
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Mpeg1 (42 Mb) - Mpeg4 (11Mb) - Realmedia (45Mb) - Only sound (5,8 Mb) - more download options Victor Kioulaphides about the ´Concerto per orchestra a pizzico´: ''The form of the piece was determined during several conversations with Alex: We mused over the idea of a concerto in the usual sense, one presumptively featuring, accompanied by the rest of the ensemble; we also considered some sort of a concerto grosso with more than one soloist. The final outcome, i.e. taking the multiplicity of soloists to the maximum, was a work that features each and every section as occasional soloists, all the way from the first mandolins to the warm, soulful chitarrone. The ´Concerto per orchestra a pizzico´ is in three movements, fast-slow-fast: a Sinfonia first movement, a notturno second one, and a Rondo finale, subtitled Telemanniana, fusing the jolly, francophile galantries of the Master from Magdeburg with the 'modern' material of the earlier two movements''. |
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| Besides this work Victor Kioulaphides composed several other compositions for the instruments of the mandolin family like for instance his ´Diferencias sobre Morenika´, the ´Idillio´ and ´El Malecón´, all works for solo mandolin. In combination with other instuments there are his ´Spanish Suite´ for mandola (Viola) and guitar and arrangements of Greek folk music like the ´Athenian´- the ´Ionian´ and the ´Aegean Mandolinatas´ for mandolin and guitar and -more classical- a setting for mandolin and guitar of the 5th Sinfonía-Overtura by the Greek composer Nikolaos Mántzaros (1795-1826). |
| Victor Kioulaphides was born in Athens, Greece, and moved to New York in 1979 where he studied double bass and composition at The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music. Today he is a Member of ASCAP, American Music Center, American Federation of Musicians and his compositions are i.e. published by the Liben Music Publishers and the New York Classical Guitar Society. Besides his busy activities as a classical double bass player is a faculty member at the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance. The release of this video is authorized by Victor Kioulaphides and the Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT. |