BOSTON Cathedral : SAVE THE DATE FOR MUSICAL ODYSSEY II

Τετάρτη, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2011
The Cultural Events Committee of the Annunciation Cathedral of NE is once again planning a spectacular evening of music on Saturday, October 22, at the Cathedral Center in Brookline.  Musical Odyssey II will be a concert of nostalgic Athenian music and Rebetika songs featuring Yanni Pandelides and "Kymata", as well as Dimitra Aristidou, Andrea Haralambous and other noted musicians.

Rembetika music originated in the hashish dens of Piraeus and Thessaloniki around the turn of the 20th century and was influenced by oriental elements that came with the forced immigration of two million Greek refugees from Asia Minor. It gave way to Greek Popular Music - Laika' in Greek - which used the same instruments in similar ways during the early 1950s.

The old Athenian music called Elafra (easy listening)  is the music that expressed the middle and upper urban class of Greece and gets its primary influence from the West in contrast to the Rebetika songs that look towards the East. In the concert we will cover the musical period from 1870s to the late 1950s.  This music was sung at the musical theaters, the dancing clubs of Athens and were sung everywhere in Greece. It included chorus songs  called kandades,  which originated from the western Greek Islands like Cephalonia and piano songs such as those written by Attik, Sougioul and Sakelarios.  Some of the most famous singers include Nikos Gounaris, Tony Maroudas, Nini Zaha and Stella Greka.

 A cocktail hour right before the concert, will include a delicious homemade Mediterranean buffet of mezedes and desserts. Last year's concert was a huge success and sell-out with standing room only.  All proceeds will benefit the Boston Cathedral.

For more information on how to purchase tickets, please contact the Cathedral office at (617) 731- 6633 or email at acoffice@verizon.net.