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.
Click below to watch Theano and Sholto performing Avendo gran desio (Having great desire) from Berio's 4 Canzoni Popolari. Recorded live, 3 October 2025, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
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)
- Melodies Populaires Grecques
- Marika Fratziskopoulou
- Niavent Manes
- Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
- 8. La maja de Goya from Tonadillas
- Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949)
- Las locas por amor
- Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
- El paño moruno (1914) from Siete canciones populares Españolas
- Seguidilla murciana (1914) from Siete canciones populares Españolas
- Nana (1914) from Siete canciones populares Españolas
- Fernando Obradors (1897 - 1945)
- El vito
