Hellenic Cultural Month II

Angell Hall

435 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

Firefly Club

207 S. Ashley St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, Tel: 1-734-665-9090

Lorch Hall

611 Tappan St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220

Michigan Union

530 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1349

Sun 10/06/02
3:30 p.m.

The Music of Mikis Theodorakis
 

Mikis Theodorakis
with Gail Holst
 

- Lecture about the influences on the music of world-renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis by Dr. Gail Holst, Adjunct Assoc. Professor at Cornell and biographer of Theodorakis

- Performance of Theodorakis' Epitaphios by classical guitarist Paul Vondiziano

- Reception

Michigan Union
Pendleton Room

Sat 10/26/02
6:00 p.m.

Rembetiko: The Greek Blues
 

Traditional rembetes
 

- Rembetiko performance by Chicago-based band Rebetoneira

- Ouzo buffet
(Must be 21 to drink, must be accompanied by guardian if younger than 18)

Firefly Club

Sat 11/09/02
8:00 p.m.

Medieval Byzantine Music: Its Heritage and Cultural Influences

Wall painting from a
byzantine-era church
 

- Lecture by Dr. Diane Touliatos, Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and byzantine music specialist

- Byzantine music concert by the Byzantine Choir of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Pittsburgh:

1. Early Christian Music:
   Fws Ilarwn - ancient melody translated by Grigorios Protopsaltis, putatively modeled and metered upon ancient Orphic hymn
2. Recitation:
   Gospel reading of Pentecost
3. Early Byzantine Period:
   Selected eirmoi from the double canon of Christmas; Kosmas the Melodist and John of Damascus
4. Middle Byzantine period:
   Anothen oi profitai - John Koukouzelis
5. Late Byzantine period:
   Lithos on apedokimasan - Valasiou
6. Influence on Western music:
   Ote tw Staurw
7. Kassia:
   Augoustou Monarxisantos
8. Secular music:
   Polychronion
9. Symposium songs:
   Wedding Epitrapezion - solo performance by Mr. Bill Papazekos of the group
10. Kratima:
    Maria - terrirem third musical stanza from the ocktaechon Theotoke Parthene - Petros Mpereketis
11. Akritic song:
    Song of Aretousa from the epic Erotokritos (Vincenzo Cornaros)

Angell Hall
Auditorium A

Thu 09/19/02
7:30 p.m.

Ulysses' Gaze
1995
 

Keynote speaker: Dr. Andrew Horton, the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies and Director of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma, writer of The Films of Theo Angelopoulos

A Greek film director living in the US returns to Greece and searches for a lost early-20th-century film by the Manakis brothers, the first to depict life in the Balkans. His search will take him all over the war-ridden, changing, modern-day Balkans. Cast: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson. Directed by: Theo Aggelopoulos. Duration: 173'

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This screening kicks off the Balkan Film Festival, co-organized by the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies.

Lorch Hall Auditorium

Sun 10/13/02
4:00 p.m.

Medea
1970
 

Keynote speaker: Dr. Steven Whiting, Assoc. Professor of Musicology at UM and Director of the Center for European Studies

An adaptation of Euripides' Medea with Maria Callas in the title role, in her only non-operatic performance. Cast: Maria Callas, Guiseppi Gentile, Laurent Terzieff, Massimo Girotti. Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Duration: 100'

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This screening is co-organized by the University Musical Society to complement a performance of Medea by Irland's Abbey Theater.

Lorch Hall Auditorium

Sun 10/13/02
8:00 p.m.

A Dream of Passion
1978
 

Keynote speaker: Dr. Yopie Prins, Assoc. Professor of English Lang. & Lit. at UM

A famous Greek actress returns to her homeland to prepare for the role of Medea. Seeking inspiration for her performance, she turns to an American woman imprisoned in Athens for the murder of her children. Cast: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Despo Diamantidou, Andreas Voutsinas. Directed by: Jules Dassin. Duration: 106'

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This screening is co-organized by the University Musical Society to complement a performance of Medea by Irland's Abbey Theater.

Lorch Hall Auditorium

Sponsored by:

• UM Hellenic Student Association >
• UM Modern Greek Studies Chair >
• Foundation for Modern Greek Studies >

Contributors:

• Michigan Student Assembly >
• Rackham Student Government >
• LSA Student Government >
• Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) >