EASTER AT THE CONCERT HALL

PRAYER OF THE HEART

Organizer: TCH
Prayer of the Heart: The sold-out production at the 2019 Sacred Music Days Festival at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera comes this year to Thessaloniki, with the soprano Danai Kontora. The Orthodox faith of the British minimalist composer Sir John Tavener (1944-2013) conducted by Nikos Laaris in four unique works:
 
Ypakoë – a deeply Greek work, written in Chalkidiki: a meditation on the Divine Passion and the Resurrection
Epistle of Love – the mystical poetry of medieval Serbian monks dedicated to Divine Love
Sacred Dream – Holy Week in Greece and a dream the composer had transformed into a solemn Liturgy
Prayer of the Heart – written especially for the Icelandic singer Bjork

ARTISTS

Danae Kontora Soprano
Nikos Laaris Conductor, piano, violin & direction
Antonis Sousamoglou Violin
Rosa Terzian Viola
Maria Anissegou Cello
Elisavet Kafetzi Flute
Katerina Kitsou Harp
Dimitris Vittis Percussion

TICKET PRICES

10€, 5€ (reduced)

  • 14 April 2020
    Tue     21:00  (EMILIOS RIADIS HALL M2)