The clarinetist Orfeas Hiratos presents a programme with works of famous French composers (Darius Milhaud, Paul Taffanel, Francis Poulenc, Jacques Ibert) and an excerpt from the Gioconda’s Smile by the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis, one of the most famous and classic albums of 20th-century music in Greece. The concert will take place at Technopolis 20 in Paphos, on Tuesday, 4th of December at 8pm.

Together with Orfeas Hiratos, also will perform a wind quartet, composed of musicians from the Opera of Zurich and Lyon, Stella Ingrosso from Italy in flute, Amanda Taurina from Latvia in oboe, Stefano Riva from Italy in bassoon and Alessandro Viotti from France/ Switzerland in French horn, in addition as the Turkish Cypriot violinist Nihat Agkjak and the Cypriot piano player Manolis Neophytou.

Entrance: 12/ 10 euro
Reservations are necessary at 70002420 (calls only)
Sponsor: CTO

Programme

Darius Milhaud, Suite for violin, clarinet and Piano Op. 157b
I. Ouverture. Vif et gai
II. Divertissement. Animé
III. Jeu. Vif
Paul Taffanel, Wind Quintet in G minor.
I. Allegro con moto
II. Andante
III. Vivace

Interval

Francis Poulenc, Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet Op. 100
I. Allegro vivace
II. Divertissement: andantino
III. Finale: prestissimo
Jacques Ibert, Trois pieces brèves
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Assez Lent – Allegro Scherzando – Vivo
Manos Hadjidakis, Gioconda’s Smile
I. The concerto
II. Countess Esterhazy