Athens Concert Hall will present on November 27 a unique concert titled “A Musical Journey on El Greco’s Traces” inspired by the musical tradition of the places where the great Cretan artist lived and painted. 

The concert will follow, in musical terms, the journey of famous painter from post-Byzantine Crete to Renaissance Venice and then on to Toledo, recreating the atmosphere of this romantic era.

More specifically, it will include works by Cretan post-byzantine composers, a selection of melodies and songs from the Cretan tradition (on poetry by Vitsentzos Kornaros and Georgios Hortatsis) as well as Italian and Spanish Renaissance music.

Musicians: “En Chordais” music ensemble
Ensemble Constantinople
Byzantine Choir “The Maistores of the Psaltic Art”
Chorus master: Achilleas Haldaiakis

Song: Suzie Leblanc, Marco Beasley
Cretan Lyra: Elias Andreoulakis
Cretan lute: Karolos Kouklakis

Guest: Maria Farantouri