Acropolis Museum (entrance level)

Εquábili Vocal Ensemble

SEASON 2021/22 - 1st Sacred Music Festival

Holy Monday 18 April 2022

Δημιουργική Ομάδα

Music direction Agathangelos Georgakatos

Εquábili Vocal Ensemble

Sopranos I Hera Zerva, Ioanna Karamolegou, Konstantina Pitsiakou, Emilia Tsimidaki

Sopranos II Sophia Ketentzian, Maria Kontaxaki, Androniki Laloutsi, Christina Poupalou

Mezzo-sopranos I Antonia Despouli, Angeliki Krebeniou, Gina Markouli, Margarita Papadimitriou, Yasmin Folini

Mezzo-sopranos II Vasso Karioti, Ioanna Koraki, Magdalini Tzavella

Featured pieces:

Tomás Luis de Victoria, O vos omnes

Giuseppe Verdi, Laudi alla Vergine Maria

Francis Poulenc, Ave verum & Ave Maria

André Caplet, Sanctus

Claude Debussy, Les Angélus

Zoltán Kodály, Hegyi éjszakák

Jószef Karai, Hodie Christus

Πρωταγωνιστές Παράστασης

Practical information:

- Audience members can enter all venues for free, on a first come first served basis. No advance booking is required.

- Due to the limited space available in many of the festival venues, some of the concerts will be repeated up to three times per day, to give the chance to as large an audience as possible to attend them.

- The concerts of the festival will be of short duration (from 25 to 40 minutes on average), so that audience members can attend more than one, if they wish so.

- The distance from one venue to the other is small, so that audience members have the chance to enjoy many of the festival events.

- The detailed programme will be available online at nationalopera.gr and digitalculture.gov.gr, while the printed programme that will be distributed to the public will include a map with all the venues, summary descriptions of the events, and QR codes referring to the detailed programme on the GNO website.

- All preventive measures against COVID-19 will be adhered to in all venues.

Acropolis Museum (entrance level)

Opera

Εquábili Vocal Ensemble

1st Sacred Music Festival

Starts at 18.00 and 19.00 |

Duration: approx. 30 min.

Capacity max. 200 person

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The newly formed female Εquábili Vocal Ensemble performs a cappella (without instrumental accompaniment) choral works by composers of the Renaissance, the Romantic period, and the 20th century.

The programme will feature pieces by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), the Italian Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), French composers Claude Debussy (1862-1918), André Caplet (1878-1925) and Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), and the Hungarians Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) and Jószef Karai (1927-2013).

Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum is situated about 300 metres south-east of the Parthenon in the historic area of Makriyannis and its entrance is next to the Dionysiou Areopagitou pedestrian walkway that links several archaeological sites of Athens. It first opened its gates to the public in 2009 and it houses the archaeological findings from the Acropolis and its outskirts. The Museum’s exhibition, organised according to topographical, chronological and thematic criteria, offers visitors a full picture of the site and its history during antiquity. Moreover, the building, which was designed by architects Bernard Tschumi and Michalis Fotiadis, ensures the visual connection of the Museum’s exhibits with the rock and the monuments of the Acropolis, aiming to become the continuation of the natural and built environment.

First Sacred Music Festival info leaflet available to read and download here