This week, here at GME, we have been focusing on the poetry of Nobel laureate George Seferis set to music. Today, we will be witnessing a highly sophisticated aspect of the story, as reflected by the work of Argyris Kounadis and a 1988 album of his (Songs for voice and piano) where he set six Seferis poems to music. Other composers, such as Nikos Mamagakis, Eleni Karaindrou and Nikos Kypourgos, are also added to today’s track list, illustrating how the poems of this great master of Greek language became the raw material for more abstract or even avant-garde music creations.
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou