CONCERTO A PIZZICO (II-III) Victor Kioulaphides- Het CONSORT

This video of the 'CONCERTO per orchestra a pizzico' composed by Victor Kioulaphides shows the 2nd, the 'Notturno: Adagio Molto', and the final 3rd, the 'Rondo: Allegro Spiccato Telemanniana' movements.

The 'CONCERTO per orchestra a pizzico' was composed in 2004 and dedicated to the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT, the orchestra that is seen on the film. The video was shot in the Summer of 2005 during a concert given by the orchestra in the local Church of Jeantes, France.

To view the 1st movement of Kioulaphides' composition please search on YouTube for: CONCERTO A PIZZICO (I) Victor Kioulaphides-Het CONSORT.

Victor Kioulaphides was born in Athens, Greece, and moved to New York in 1979 where he studied double bass and composition at The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music. Today he is a Member of ASCAP, American Music Center, American Federation of Musicians and his compositions are i.e. published by the Liben Music Publishers and the New York Classical Guitar Society. Besides his busy activities as a classical double bass player is a faculty member at the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance.

The Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT plays solely on Roman instruments of the Mandolin family as there are the 1st and 2nd mandolin, the mandola and the mandoloncello. All the instruments are made by Luigi Embergher (1856-1943) or his direct successors like Domenico & Giannino Cerrone and Pascuale Pecoraro. Besides the mandoloncello, modern Spanish guitars and a chitarrone moderno (a huge guitar kind that is only played pizzicato) are used for the lower voices in the music that is performed by this orchestra. To achieve the best sound the plectrum played instruments are played with the long two pointed Roman plectrum and strung with Bronze round wound CONSORT strings made on the orchestra's request by the German Lenzner/Fisoma string makers company.
More info about the Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT can be found at their website:
http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/index.html

The complete 'Concerto per orchestra a pizzico' by Kioulaphides will also be included on our new CD which is scheduled to be released for January 2008.

To learn more about the Roman instruments made by Luigi Embergher one can visit the Embergher website: http://www.embergher.com/

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[MartinRaetzJr]

A great composition, wonderful orchestra - Bravo!!!