Original id:
14487
Start date:
28 July 2017
End date:
28 July 2017
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Original language
Production notes:
Live performances of original ancient Greek music as well as modern reconstructions. Highlights of the programme included Athenaeus' Delphic Paean, the Seikilos Song, and Mesomedes' Hymns to the Gods and the Sun. The evening culminated in the first full performance of Armand D'Angour's reconstruction of a chorus from Euripides' Orestes. Performed as part of a three-day conference on Ancient Greek Music (Jesus College, Oxford, 28-30 July 2017).
Media of production:
Vocal music (non-theatrical), accompanied/unaccompanied (oratorio, cantata etc)
Scenes/extracts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)