Dances of Samothrace (Nyfkata), for Brass Quintet (1995)

Horn, Trumpet 1 & 2, Trombone, Tube

Four Dances

  1. Apa se Pyrgo
  2. Na t’ i Patrona Porcheste
  3. Ora ne gia ti gitonia
  4. Tou niogambrou to gemato

Edit melodies of the old Thracian Samos wedding, from the residues of Ν. Phardis transcribed, from the Byzantine notation, Mark Ph. Dragoumis

First performance December 22, 1996
Municipal Theatre of St. Demetrios

(Two of the dances)
Ora ne gia ti gitonia
Tou niogambrou to gemato

Performed by:
Kaltsounis George, trumpet
Oraiopoulos Christos, trumpet
Petsas Nikos, horn
Dimitris Petsas, trombone
Rarakos George, tuba