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SKU: A0.942110
Composed by Apostolos Paraskevas. Contemporary,Multicultural,World. 131 pages. Silver Sickle Publications #6508095. Published by Silver Sickle Publications (A0.942110).Ephatha and is scored for Flute, Clarinet in B flat,Bassoon, Piano, Percussion (Timpani, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum,Triangle, Tambourine, Bass Drum), Violin, Viola, Cello.
Ephatha was commissioned by the Athens Concert Hall. This work of mine is a scream of faith. It is the Impossible, possible. It is the needed effort for the realization of something. It is the thought behind every success and every failure. It is the extra step we took and succeeded or the one we didn’t take and failed. In all my works since 1992 the aspect of Death is the primarily energy and initiative energy in my musical thought.
In Ephatha I try to offer to faith the first step and to myself a chance for a salvation in this level of creation. The title of the work comes tome from the St. Mark’s Gospel 7, 32-35 from where I took most of the realization of the work. Of course, as a western educated composer I used material I found in front of me in those years of exploration in the music world and I didn’t conceive the work "under a tree", an image that most of us maybe had for creators over the years. There are so many and so little a composer/creator can say for his/her work. I will not challenge you with the many. Rhythm always gives me the drive for continuation in this work. I utilize important elements from my Greek heritage and personal elements as well when it comes to form. That’s why my music takes its shape and develops itself via a trip. It starts with optimism, moves to an impulse and dizziness of the moment and soul’s nostalgia, the simplicity of the youth, the pain and salvation of Death and again returns at this optimistic feeling that was lost for a while. The procedure of composing is very simple when I walk through it step by step. Everything is so clear, ceremonial, related like a pray. Whatever I offered I should receive back. Nothing moreThis product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
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