Canto Olympico Mikis Theodorakis

Titel (DE): Canto Olympico - Oratorium
Titel (EN): Canto Olympico - Oratorio
Titel (FR): Canto Olympico - Oratorio
Komponist / Composer: Theodorakis, Mikis
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Tenor, gemischter Chor, Klavier und Orchester / tenor, mixed choir, piano and orchestra
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Kompositionsjahr / Date of Composition: 1991
Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 45'
Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music
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Seiten / Pages: 196
Verarbeitung: Leinen - Cloth
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In 1990 the International Olympic Committee commissioned me to compose a symphonic work for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona (1992). I thought that content and form of a piece of music which is dedicated to millions of sports fans all over the world should be as simple as possible and should resemble a song, because song is at the root of the musical culture in modern societies. Therefore the Canto Olympico, which is what I ended up calling the work, is a symphonic oratorio in the form of a suite in six movements. As in the Canto General the choir plays an important role.' (Mikis Theodorakis, Athens, 1992)

Three Odes - The Athletic Games - Victory - War - Hymn to Motherland-Earth - The Rebirth of the Olympic Games

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In 1990 the International Olympic Committee commissioned me to compose a symphonic work for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona (1992). I thought that content and form of a piece of music which is dedicated to millions of sports fans all over the world should be as simple as possible and should resemble a song, because song is at the root of the musical culture in modern societies. Therefore the Canto Olympico, which is what I ended up calling the work, is a symphonic oratorio in the form of a suite in six movements. As in the Canto General the choir plays an important role.' (Mikis Theodorakis, Athens, 1992)

Three Odes - The Athletic Games - Victory - War - Hymn to Motherland-Earth - The Rebirth of the Olympic Games