{"id":7975,"date":"2024-03-30T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purepublicrelations.gr\/yannis-markopoulos-free-besieged-at-the-athens-and-thessaloniki-concert-hall\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T07:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:54:48","slug":"yannis-markopoulos-free-besieged-at-the-athens-and-thessaloniki-concert-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purepublicrelations.gr\/en\/yannis-markopoulos-free-besieged-at-the-athens-and-thessaloniki-concert-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Yannis Markopoulos: &#8220;Free Besieged&#8221; at the Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7975\" class=\"elementor elementor-7975 elementor-7949\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6d9c7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"e6d9c7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f1fc0c\" data-id=\"4f1fc0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5f374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text\" data-id=\"2f5f374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-typeout-text\" data-strings=\"[&quot;Yannis Markopoulos: \\&quot;Free Besieged\\&quot; at the Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Hall, in March 2024.&quot;]\" data-cursor=\"|\">\n\t<h3 class=\"qodef-m-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout-holder\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24ea63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e24ea63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The masterpiece of the great Greek composer with poetry by Dionysios Solomos.<\/p><p>Yannis Markopoulos&#8217; iconic work &#8220;The Free Besieged,&#8221; a folk liturgy for symphony orchestra, mixed choir, lyrical singers (tenor, baritone, basso-baritone), and narrator, is considered a landmark of modern Greek music.<\/p><p>The renowned composer from Crete studied &#8220;The Free Besieged&#8221; and crafted the libretto by selecting parts from all the drafts of the poem, including prose, verses, and narrative sections. 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