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baroquevoice's video: Aris Christofellis - Bacchae Overture Giorgos Koumendakis Part 2

@Aris Christofellis - Bacchae Overture Giorgos Koumendakis Part 2
Giorgos Koumendakis Part 2 Bacchae : 4 Works for Aris Christofellis Bacchae - Overture (1993) For countertenor and string orchestra Libretto: Yannis Houvardas and Giorgos Koumendakis The overture to the opera BACCHAE (after Euripides) is characterized by the presence of a voice (unusual for operatic overtures). The voice of the god Dionysus relates all that will follow. The rejection of his godly hypostasis will destroy in the cruellest way all those who refuse to accept it. The compositional material - Dorian in style - makes for extreme antitheses without intermediary passages, from pianissimo to fortissimo, from intricacy to simplicity, or from lyricism to drama. Giorgos Koumendakis In this city I was born And yet I'm called a stranger Me, a god. They'll be punished, These godless beasts. They'll come to me, Mothers, daughters, mistresses. They'll come with me To see how the heaviness of light disappears. They'll see the earth changing, This city decaying, Going mad. Dying. As regards that hateful Coward Nepenthes, I'll kill him before killing the others. His own mother Will tear him apart, Drain his mind, Deprive him of speech. I took the form of man And came for all to see, To learn who I am, And by believing save themselves. I took the form of man. And you, women of my troupe, I brought you here, here, From a barbarous land. Drums are loudly beating Around the king's palace And I'm on my way To the mountains of Kytheron, Where the Bacchae are to be found, To take part in the dancing. Στην πόλη αυτήν εδώ γεννήθηκα κι όμως με φωνάζουν ξένο, εμένα τον Θεό. Θα τιμωρηθούν οι Άθεοι, τα κτήνη Θα'ρθούν σε μένα για να βρούν μανάδες κόρες ερωμένες. Θα `ρθούν μαζί μου γιασ να δούν πως φεύγει του φωτός το βάρος. Θα δούν τη γή να αλλάζει την πόλη τούτη να σαπίζει να τρελαίνεται, να πεθαίνει. Όσο για αυτόν τον δειλό τον Νηπενθή τον πλεόν μισητό θα τον σκοτώσω πρώτος απο αυτούς Η ίδια η μάνα του υα του ξεσκίσει το κορμί θα του αδειάσει όλο το μυαλό υα του τραβήξει όλη τη λαλιά Μορφή ανθρώπου πήρα κι ήρθα για να δούν για να μάθουν τι είμαι εγώ κι ίσως σωθούν όσοι πιστέψουν Μορφή ανθρώπου πήρα.... Κι εσείς γυναίκες του Θιάσου μου εδώ, εδώ σας έφερα απο βάρβαρη χώρα Τα τύμπανα χτυπάτε δυνατά γύρω απο το παλάτι του βασιλιά Κι εγώ στου Κιθαιρώνα τα βουνά που βρίσκονται οι Βάκχες τώρα πάω στους χορούς μέρος να πάρω...

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