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Composed by Spiro Cardamis http://spirosmusic.com & performed by the group SPIRO CARDAMIS & DREAMBAND.A snippet of the piece " THELO NA THO " presented in Manhattan june 8 2004 at the SATALLA nite club. The concert was given in celebration of the Hellenic Spirit (Olympic games 2004)." THELO NA THO " was inspired by a poem written by Greek American poet Dino Makropoulos.In 1997 Spiro & Dino met & this is one of the poems Spiro set music to.This time is presented in instrumental form with 2 themes one of masculine quality where violin & clarinet are juxtaposed & the other of lyrical quality where they both merge along with the cello.The piece is full of various meters 9/8 ,10/8,12/8 whereas the lyrical theme is a flowing 5/8..After a short orchestral iprov the lyrical theme is presented as female duet sung by sopranos Julie Ziavras & Eleni kalaitzidou who also plays the cello. DREAMBAND is composed of some of the most talented & established musicians & singers in the Metropolitan area.Lefteris Bournias-clarinet & nay flute, Vassilis Patrikis-violin, Dick Barsamian -oud, Chris Papadopoulos-bouzouki & vocals, Eleni Kalaitzithou- cello & vocals, Panayiotis Andreou-electric bass, Todd Isler-percussion,Richard Khuzami - dumbek & bendir, Gabe Kontos-bouzouki,baglamas & Spiro Cardamis- synths. For more info on Spiro's music please visit www.spirosmusic.com

Running time: 08:06

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