A few words about the show
The woman, as a source of inspiration, through various roles in
its social becoming, is a timeless and topical issue, still
and in the present days. Through the musical traditions of the world,
we see all aspects of the woman unfolding: from the girl who
she dreams and hopes to see her lover again, in the young lady,
to the mistress, to the mother, to the abused woman, to the woman victim,
to the planeutra woman, to the scherzo woman and even to the femme fatale.
In this performance, Thirathen Vocal Group will perform
traditional songs, and not only, dedicated to women, from all over
Greece and the wider region of the Balkans and the Mediterranean
and subsequently, it will travel from Western Europe to Mexico.
Cross-border and cross-cultural songs will be heard, which have
as a common theme the woman in her broadest manifestation and, besides
the Greek language, songs will also be heard in Bulgarian, in
Albanian, in German-Jewish (Yiddish), in Sephardic, in
Mexican, Arabic and Turkish.
Program
1. Anna walks in the forest (Serron Mountain)
"Woman" (Th. Mousopoulos, 2019)
2. Yanka prez gora varveshe (Bulgaria)
"Forgotten fairy tale" (Paul Nirvanas)
3. Argyro (Lyrics-Music: Kanaris Keramaris)
4. Tumbalalaika (German Hebrew)
5. Beyond the Plains (Rhodes Dodecanese)
6. Menousis (Preveza Epirus)
7. A daughter was picking a wheel (Zakynthos Iptanision)
"Mother's Heart" (Jean Richepin, 1890)
8. La Llorona (Mexico)
9. Wa Habibi-My mother, mother (Hymn M. Paraskevi
Livanou-Translation in Greek: N. Gatsos)
"The Kiss" (G. Zalokostas 1851)
1. A shepherdess I loved-Una pastora yo ami
(Greek-Italian-Sephardic)
1. Liliano mome-Jorgica (Bulgaria-Albania)
"To a woman" (Tasos Livaditis)
1. Small red rose (Rizitiko)
2. 25 gërsheta-Karaguna (Albania-Thessaly)
"I want you to stop laughing" (Lyrics: St. Tzouanakos)
1. Gyftopoula in the hammam (Lyrics-Music: G. Batis)
2. My Arab scherzoza (Asia Minor)
3. Moribayassa (West Africa)
"The four foundations of the world" (N. Kazantzakis)
Thirathen Vocal Group was founded in 2018 and is under the auspices of and
supervision of the Thyrathen Museum.
It is a polyphonic vocal ensemble made up of
majority of its members from established professional musicians
and choristers with many years of choral experience. The repertoire that
covers includes traditional Greek songs, harmonized
for three- or four-part choir, as well as polyphonic traditional
songs from the musical traditions of the world, with an emphasis on
Mediterranean and the Balkans.
Thirathen Vocal Group presents its repertoire without the
accompanied by musical instruments (a capella), thus highlighting with
better way the variety and breadth, both of the human voice,
as well as our musical polyphonic tradition.
Artistic editing: Eva Koutsogiannakis-Pitsikakis, Eva Thanasis
Director: Nikolis Avramakis
Choir adaptation: Irini Theofanous
Thirathen Vocal Group Members:
Dimaki Eva, Thanasi Eva, Theofanous Irini, Koufou Thetida,
LiaskouSofia, Maraugaki Christina, Plaiti Georgia, Stamataki Maria
Many thanks to the composer Kanaris Keramaris for the choral piece
editing of the song "Argyro".