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"From a Diary of a Child" 30 Short Children Pieces for Flute and Piano (2007)
The life of a child reveals and hides inside images and sentiments, sounds and experiences, questions and concerns. Parts of a world lost forever but treasured in the adult soul.
From "First Day, First Page" of the diary and Sundays "Joybells" to the "Bittersweet" morning dances and the "Calm" of a "Sunny Afternoon", from "A Sudden Absence" and a "Strange Question" to the "Loneliness" and "Dream", from the imaginary "Indian Dance" to the "Walkin" on "a Rainy Day" and from "March of the Goose" to the "Flowers Waltz", "Lullaby" and "Farewell Song", these "Diary of a Child" pages unfold the thread of a very well known memory, a memory of us all.
These 30 short flute and piano pieces were initially composed for piano solo between 2003 and 2007. Some of them are compositions of inspired children, composers pupils, like Orsaki Roussetou and Plato Tsoukatos-Pontikis.
This collection is dedicated to all composers pupils and especially toy Nikos Karidis, the grown up "child" who gave me the opportunity to write most of the pieces presented. The work was recorded by Dimitra Mane on cd for an upcoming edition. The artist performed parts of the work in composer's personal Portrait organized by "Greek Composers Union" at "Hellenic Conservatory" in Maroussi in 2010 and the whole collection at "Mikros Horos Tehnis" (Little Hall of Arts) in Glyfada, Attiki, in 2015. Parts of the work had been performed also by Eleni Papaspyrou students, from Herakleion Music School, in "Theatrical Station", Herakleion, Crete and at "Lillian Voudouri" Library Hall in Athens Concert Hall in 2015.
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