Constantinides: Instrumental Works with LSU Soloists

Featuring

Griffin Campbell
John Raush
Hye Hun Chung Bennett
Ning Tien
Eugenia Epperson
Steven Cohen

Jan Grimes
Valcour String Quartet
Dinos Constantinides

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Composition History

Dinos Constantinides' "Rhapsody for Flute and Harp" was composed in 1977, premiered the following year at the LSU Festival of Contemporary Music, and is inspired by Homer's Iliad.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Constantinides' "Kaleidoscope Fantasy for Solo Cello" is a concise version of an earlier multimedia work inspired by children's paintings, which he felt could be transformed into musical sounds.

Composition History

Dinos Constantinides' "Legend for Alto Saxophone and Percussion" was written for and premiered by LSU professors Griffin Campbell and John Raush at the World Saxophone Congress in Kawasaki, Japan, on August 10, 1988.

Composition History

Dinos Constantinides' "Genteel Dialogue for Harp and Percussion" was written for and dedicated to his colleagues at LSU, Hye-Yun Chung and John Raush, and premiered at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 21, 1987.

Composition History

Dinos Constantinides' "Delphic Hymn for Flute and Harp" was written as incidental music for the LSU Theater production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and employs material from the First Delphic Hymn dating from about 138 B.C.

Composer Biography

Dinos Constantinides, a distinguished Boyd Professor and head of Composition at Louisiana State University, has received numerous awards including the 1989 Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award for Louisiana.

Compositional Technique

Constantinides' String Quartet No. 1 is a serial work, with a six-note figure pervading the first and third movements, and a four-note figure forming the basis of the second movement.