Mikis Theodorakis (1925 – 2021)

Canto Olympico

Tenor, gemischter Chor, Klavier und Orchester

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Details
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Tenor, gemischter Chor, Klavier und Orchester
Product Type
Score
Author / Composer
Mikis Theodorakis
Product number
137715
Duration
45 Minutes
Extent
196 Pages
Description

‘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 ...

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