Forum: an international meeting of musicians and composers from the U.S., Italy, Canada, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, and Greece the night of the August full moon. From classical to contemporary works, from American Ragtime to Greek popular songs.
Works:
Ivan Olenchik (b. 1952, Russia/Ukrania) - Spanish Sketches
Estai Vetkin, clarinet
Scott Joplin (1868-1917, USA) - The Entertainer
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868, Italy) - Il barbiere di Siviglia
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787, Bohemia) - Il Parnaso confuso (No. 2 and 7)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791, Austria) - Alelluja from Exultate, Jubilate
Morfo Psirra, soprano
Nathan Milstein (1904-1992, Russia-USA) - Paganiniana
Michalis Nikolis, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791, Austria) - First movement of the Haffner Symphony
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835, Italy) - Casta Diva from Norma
Georgia Artemis Konstantouraki, soprano
Leontios Tsokas, piano
Paulo Bellinati (b. 1950, Brazil) - Jongo
Alexandra Christodimou and Yannis Petridis, guitar duo
Joseph Lamb (1887-1960, USA) - Ragtime Nightingale
James Scott (1885-1938, USA) - Grace and Beauty
Scott Joplin (1868-1917, USA) - Maple Leaf Rag
A medley of Manos Hatzidakis' and Mikis Theodorakis' songs arranged by Leontios Tsokas (b. 2001)
FORUM Orchestra:
Leontios Tsokas, conductor and continuo
Smaragda Petridi, flute
Estai Vetkin, clarinet
Efrosini Koutelou, clarinet
Janet Underhill, bassoon
Aleksandr Vetkin, trumpet
Ilias Siatounis, piano
Panagiotis Nikolis, violin
Fotis Pezos, violin
Kathleen Kalogeras, viola
Susanne Cordahi, cello
Michalis Kalaitzis, narration
