M U S I C

A concert that follows, in musical terms, the journey of El Greco from post-Byzantine Crete to Renaissance Venice and then on to Toledo will be performed at the Athens Concert Hall tonight (11.27). The concert aspires to be a picture in sounds re-creating the musical environment of the era and the places where the great Cretan artist lived and painted. The repertoire includes a selection of melodies and songs from the Cretan tradition (on poetry by Vitsentzos Kornaros and Georgios Hortatsis), Italian Renaissance music and Spanish Renaissance music. Music Ensembles En Chordais, Ensemble Constantinople and the Byzantine Choir The Maïstores of the Psaltic Art will be performing.

E X H I B I T I O N S

Painter Pavlos Samios’ retrospective exhibition Painting Apology is running at the Benaki Museum until January 11, 2015. The exhibition focuses on the painter’s works of the past four years, as well as a selection of works deriving from all his creative periods, recording the themes that have at times occupied his work; it features approximately 180 works, many of which belong to private collections it includes. There will also be a publication on the artist's works.

O P E R A  G A L A

Works by Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Bizet and other great classical composers will be performed at the ELEPAP Charity Christmas event, to be held at the Onassis Cultural Centre, on December 1. The Christmas Charity Opera Gala will feature the NERIT National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anastasios Symeonidis, mezzo-soprano Irini Karaianni, soprano Vassiliki Karayanni, baritone Charis Andrianos and tenor Vassilis Kavayas from the Greek National Opera; some of the best-known Viennese waltzes in the form of duets choreographed by Renato Zanella will be performed by National Opera’s ballet soloists.