Tuesday, May 25, 2021

MUSICAL SKETCHES - Markideion Municipal Theatre, Paphos

 

MUSICAL SKETCHES - Mariza Anastasiades (soprano)

Elina Linchevskaya, Zbynek Maruska (piano)

Markideion Theatre Paphos

Friday 11 June 8pm

Tickets: €10.  Box Office: www.soldoutticketbox.com

Information: Tel: 99801333, 99683356

The programme includes selected piano works and art songs of incomparable beauty – an atmospheric musical journey into the world of Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Gavrilin and Georgiades. Among the works that will be heard are Debussy's sensual piano piece "Clair de lune" (Moonlight), considered a characteristic example of musical impressionism, as well as the exquisite song Nuit d'étoiles by the same composer. Other works include Debussy's Petite Suite for piano duet, the dance "Sketches" from Gavrilin’s beautiful ballet Anyuta, as well as the incomparable songs of Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Allyabyev and Dvorak. For the finale, the artists choose works of folkloric idiom such as the five Greek Songs of Ravel and the Greek Suite of Georgiades.

Directions: The theatre is next to the Karavella bus station in the upper town, just off the Polis Road behind the petrol station. MARKIDEION MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PAPHOS, 27 Andrea Geroudi Street, Paphos. Tel: 26222286.