Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind"
by Panagiotis Karousos under the direction of maestro Faidra Giannelou
The Department of School Activities of the Directorate of
Secondary Education of Corinthia and the Municipality of Corinthia co-organize
under the auspices of the Club for UNESCO Piraeus and Islands a concert / Oratorio:
"The United Nations - Hope of Mankind" by Panagiotis Karousos under
the direction of Conductor Faidra Giannelou, Sunday 14/04/19 at the
Municipal Theater in Corinth "Thomas Thomaidis" at 7:00 pm. Free
entrance
Greetings:
Dr. Ioannis Pheidas, Director Secondary Education of Corinth
Region
Alexandros Pnevmatikos, Mayor of Corinth
Ioannis Maronitis, President of the Club for UNESCO Piraeus
& Islands and Member of the Executive Board of the World Federation of
Unions, Associations and Centers (WFUCA) for Europe and North America.
The event takes place in the framework of the support and
promotion of cultural issues at local level with the cooperation of the local
government and is planned and implemented by the Head of the Department of
School Activities of Corinthia Ms. Anastasia Tsapalou, musician.
Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind"
by Panagiotis Karousos
Soloists:
Irini Konsta, soprano
Vasilis Asimakopoulos,
bass
Music Educators' Choir of Attiki “Choremus”
Graduates’ Choir of the Music High School of Pallini
Hellenic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Faidra Giannelou
Program:
Overture of the opera "Prometheus Bound"
Oceanids Chorus from the opera "Prometheus Bound"
Duet (Prometheus - Io) from the opera "Prometheus
Bound"
Olympic Flame Chorus from the opera "Trachiniae"
Duet (Hyllos - Makaria) from the opera
"Trachiniae"
Chorus from the opera "Alexander the Great"
Chorus from the Oratorio: "The Light of
Christianity"
Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind"
Dedicated to the United Nations Organization (UN)
Introduction - (Overture)
"I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman
«The Singer» by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
«A Jour de Printemps» by Li Po
«Musique Divine» by Kahlil Gibran (La Voix de l'éternelle sagesse)
«Canción del gitano apaleado» by Federico García Lorca
"The Harp of the Songs" by Alphonse de Lamartine
Finale: "The Song of the Nations"
Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind"
by Panagiotis Karousos
"The United Nations - Hope of Mankind" by
Panagiotis Karousos is an oratorio dedicated to the United Nations. It was
introduced successfully in Montreal, Canada on February 23, 2003 with the
collaboration of the UN Department of the United Nations (ICAO) under the
auspices of UNESCO Canada, and the City of Montreal.
The presentation was made in the magnificent Notre-Dame
Basilica, with Canadian soprano Lambroula Maria Pappas, Brazilian bass Daniel
Bonato, L'Ensemble Choral St-Eustache directed by Pierre Turcotte, and OSJL- L
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro André Gauthier.
Composer Panagiotis Karousos collaborated with ICAO
President Assad Kotaite for the presentation of the Oratorio in Montreal under
the auspices of the organization, UNESCO Canada and the City of Montreal. All the
Embassies and Representatives of the member countries of the United Nations, in
particular the ICAO Department representatives were invited to the concert.
Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind"
is an oratorio for symphony orchestra, mixed chorus, and two soloist
soprano and bass. It consists of 6 poems of great poets representing the 6
official languages of the United Nations.
ICAO President Assad Kotaite said after the concert: "The
work of Panagiotis Karousos is a masterpiece of art that brings us the message
of unity and peace, a magnificent hymn to the United Nations."
In Greece, the work was presented at the Municipal theater
of the City of Athens' "Anna-Maria Kalouta", by the Club for UNESCO
Piraeus and the Islands, with the soloist Irini Konsta, soprano and Vasilis
Asimakopoulos, bass, the “Graduates' Choir of Music School Pallini” and
Athenian Music Teachers "Choremus" and the Hellenic Symphony
Orchestra under the direction of conductor Phaedra Giannelou.
Phaidra Gianelou, conductor
Faidra Giannelou was born in Athens. In 2008, she received
her Bachelor-degree in the major of “Orchestral Conducting” from the Music
Department of Ionian University under Prof. Miltos Logiadis, being the first
Bachelor-degree holder in “Orchestral Conducting”, taken from a Greek
university. In September 2010, she received her Master-degree from the same
University and in January 2012, she was also admitted as a Ph.D. candidate.
She has been distinguished during her studies with
scholarships and awards from the State Scholarship Foundation, the Ionian
University and the Greek Ministry of Education.
As an orchestra conductor, she has collaborated with
symphony orchestras in Germany, Russia, U.S.A., U.K., Sweden, Estonia, Italy,
Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria,Turkey and
Cyprus.
She has also conducted the Athens State Orchestra,
Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, Contemporary
Music Orchestra of Greek Radio, Orchestra of Colours, Athens Municipality
Symphony Orchestra and Kyklos Ensemble.
As a choir conductor, Faidra has been conducting the
Graduates’ Choir of the Music High School of Pallini since 2013. She is the
conductor and founder member of the Music Educators’ Choir of Attiki
“Choremus”.
