Allloy

Two evenings with Τέτττιξ beyond what we usually define as contemporary classical music with Allloy, on 18 and 19 October at the Upper Stage of Onassis Stegi.

Stamatis Pasopoulos, starting from the ecstatic Macedonian “zygies,” pursues a reinvention of the zurna-davul duo.

Beat Furrer blends the sound of the flute with that of the double bass into a single instrument, inspired by the Peruvian Pan Flute, while Dmitri Kourliandski’s music is born of indistinct strokes and rasps.

Iannis Xenakis sets to music Cassandra’s scene from Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon,” with the baritone playing the roles of both the Chorus and Cassandra in a schizophrenic dialogue.

Nikos Galenianos arranges Metallica’s “Battery” for TETTTIX and, finally, the invasion of punk through Ofir Klemperer’s work shatters all solemnity.

Program: Stamatis Pasopoulos, “Havasí” (2017)/ Beat Furrer , “Ira-Arca” (2012)/ Dmitri Κourliandski, “Inside the movement” (2004)/ Iannis Xenakis, “Cassandra” (1987)/

Nikos Galenianos, A metal remix for ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ (2019)/ Ofir Klemperer, “A love song” (2007)

ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ Ana Kifou (flute), Eirini Amanatiadou (clarinet), Rhea Pikiou (bassoon), Guido de Flaviis (saxophone), Sissi Makropoulou (harp), Katerina Konstantourou (piano), Mislav Režić (guitar), Stamatis Pasopoulos (accordion), Panagiotis Ziavras (percussion), Charis Pazaroulas (contrabass), Michalis Paraskakis (composer/voice/accordion), Nikos Ioakeim (composer), Nikos Galenianos (composer).

Participation in “A Love Song”: Ofir Klemperer (voice)

Participation in “Havasí”: Panagiotis Koliavasilis (percussion)

Artistic direction and programming: Michalis Paraskakis, Nikos Ioakeim, Nikos Galenianos

Production: Michalis Paraskakis, Nikos Ioakeim

Stage Direction: Anastasia Chintzoglou

Video: Anastasia Chintzoglou, Olga Sfetsa

Lighting: Eleni Choumou

Set Design: Olga Sfetsa

Produce by Onassis Stegi

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Stamatis Pasopoulos (b. 1986), apart from being an accordionist and a contemporary music composer, has studied Byzantine music and has come a long way as a folk musician. In his compositions he looks at Greek traditional music from the viewpoint of contemporary art. He wrote “Havasí” (mean. “tune,” “melody” in the music of the Macedonian zurnas) for flute and ensemble, having in mind the sound of the kaval and the zurna with the intention of transmuting the music of his hometown (Serres).

The Swiss-Austrian composer and conductor Beat Furrer (b. 1954) is the founder of Klangforum Wien, for two members of which, Eva Furrer and Uli Fussenegger, he composed “Ira-Arca.” Furrer’s music is characterized by its virtuosic demands, its psychological innerness, its shadowy sonorities and the dominant role of silence and breathing. The title “Ira-Arca” (Spanish: “Ire-Ark”) refers to a particular technique of playing the Peruvian Pan Flute that alternately combines inhalation and exhalation.

“Kassandra” was written for Spyros Sakkas and Sylvio Gualda, longtime collaborators of Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), on the ancient Greek text of Aeschylus, in order to be incorporated in the incidental music of “Oresteia” that Xenakis composed in 1966 but also to be performed independently.

“Kassandra” was premiered in Gibellina, Sicily, in 1987 as part of “Oresteia,” staged by Yannis Kokkos. It is performed by TETTTIX according to its original, “Eastern” conception, without the percussionist using mallets and without amplification of the voice.

Nikos Galenianos (b. 1985) has lately been very active as a composer in the theater and music theater world. Remaining a metalhead nonetheless, he accepted the challenge of revisiting the particulars of the genre by arranging a heavy metal song for TETTTIX.

“Inside the movement” of the Russian Dmitri Kourliandski (b. 1976) deals, as the title denotes, with the inner movement of music as it unfolds through a mysterious succession of repeated sounds.

The Israeli Ofir Klemperer (b. 1982) is a composer and songwriter, and “A Love Song” is “a punk song for a classical ensemble,” as he notes. The composer appears on stage with TETTTIX, holding the crucial role of the singer.