Songs of The Mediterranean
14 May 2026, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Greek soprano Theano Papadaki has been a Britten Pears Young Artist and a City Music Foundation Artist, and is establishing herself as a thrilling emerging soprano. As summer approaches, she takes us to the Mediterranean with a programme inspired by Greek and Italian musical traditions, which range from Monteverdi and Strozzi to Italian folksongs arranged by Luciano Berio, and Greek songs in versions by Yannis Constantinidis and Maurice Ravel.
Programme
- Yannis Constantinides (1903 - 1984)
- Mori Kontoula Lemonia from 20 Songs of the Greek People
- Laloudi tis Monemvasias from 20 Songs of the Greek People
- Kinisa echtes na ertho from 20 Songs of the Greek People
- Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
- Lettera Amorosa from Settimo libro de madrigali
- Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
- Quattro Canzoni Popolari
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- 5 Mélodies populaires grecques (1904) 1904-1906
- Marika Fratziskopoulou
- Niavent Manes
- Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950)
- Nannas Lied (1929)
- Lost In The Stars
- Speak Low (1943)
- Es regnet
