Written by Manos Achalinotopoulos and arranged by John Psathas for clarino, Zourna, floghera and band

By:

• John Psathas

Arranged by:

John Psathas

Contents:

a. Diatonic
b. Sound from the region near the borders
c. Kissing of the flute

Availability

• This work has a recording

Programme Note

“Tradition, as I first came to feel it (as a child of 9 years), was given to me by grand father when he was teaching me how to play the clarinet. To me this traditional musical language is not an ‘old loveless spinster who raises her threatening finger like an old time teacher’. My feeling about traditional ways of musical expression is exactly the opposite. It resembles a young girl full of juices, pleased and sorry, vivid and loving, that dances barefoot on the ground; as if being taken by a desire to sin, but then again she repents it. Later she falls in love, wishes to break the rules so to live and breathe freely. No concrete use of instruments no formal orchestration, or particular musical formation can capture her essence.”

Manos Achalinotopoulos

Performance History

	22 Apr 2004	Performed by Manos Achalinotopoulos, Vangelis Karipis and the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble at Paradiso, in Amsterdam
	28 May 2009	Performed by Manos Achalinotopoulos, Vangelis Karipis and the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble at Paradiso, in Amsterdam. This was broadcast on Radio New Zealand Concert in May 2009