Today’s track list includes instrumental creations of Mimis Plessas that honour Greece’s national instrument: the bouzouki. The melodies come from three primary sources: a 1968 Folk Suite titled “My Neighborhood”. A 1973 album titled “Classics Go Bouzouki High”, with famous classical creations by Brahms, Grieg, Beethoven, Albeniz, Bizet and others adapted for a folk orchestra. And a compilation of Plessas instrumentals titled “The Bouzouki in Greek cinema”. I am sure that you will agree with me that all of these beautiful creations reveal just how talented Plessas was as a folk melodist – one of the many aspects of his multi-faceted artistic personality.
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou