Composer and conductor, Apollon Kouskoumvekakis, and lyric artists Gina Foteinopoulou and Michalis Dimitrakakos, present a tribute to Greek urban song, the so-called light.

The wonderful and timeless songs of Attik, Giannidis, Cheropoulos, Sougioul, Mouzakis and other great composers were orchestrated by Apollon Kouskoumvekakis, after a special order by ERT, for the Contemporary Music Orchestra and the two performers, who, apart from their tenure in the lyric theater, have presented this repertoire with great success.

Favorite songs take us back to the romantic Athens of the interwar period.
Dancers accompany the performance to the rhythms of tango, bolero, charleston, fox trot.

A performance that reminds us of songs that were loved and still have the power to stir emotions.


PROGRAM

"Alma dolorosa" Orchestral, Music by Michalis Sougioul
"Thymisou" (Remember) Lyrics: Kostas Kofiniotis, Music: Alekos Panagiotopoulos
"Spitaki mou palio" (My Old Little House) Lyrics: Alekos Sakellarios, Music: Kostas Giannidis
"Enas filos irthe apopse" (A Friend Came Tonight) Lyrics: Filon Arias, Music: Giorgos Mouzakis
"Zitate na sas po" (You Ask Me to Tell You) Lyrics & Music: Attic
"Psaropoula" (Little Fisherwoman) Lyrics: Christos Giannakopoulos, Music: Christos Chairopoulos
"Marenna ta gioulia ki oi violes" (The Withered Jasmine and Violets) Lyrics & Music: Attic
"Zito na se xechaso" (I Ask to Forget You) Lyrics: Emilios Savvidis, Music: Kostas Giannidis
"Ein i agapi chimera" (Love is a Chimera) Lyrics & Music: Attic
"Pame san allote" (Let’s Go Like Before) (Orchestral) Music: Kostas Giannidis, Michalis Sougioul
"Tha xechasteis" (You Will Be Forgotten) Lyrics: Giorgos Ioannidis, Music: Zozef Korinthios
"Dyo prasino matia" (Two Green Eyes) Lyrics: Kostas Kiouzis, Music: Mimis Katrivanos
"Tango notturno" (Nocturnal Tango) Lyrics: Paul Menestre, Music: Hans Otto Borgmann
"Xenomania" (Foreign Obsession) (Orchestral) Music: Michalis Sougioul
"Xypna agapi mou" (Wake Up, My Love) Lyrics & Music: Kostas Giannidis
"Vrechi vrechi" (It’s Raining, It’s Raining) Lyrics: Alekos Sakellarios, Music: Michalis Sougioul
"As erxosan gia ligo" (If You Could Come for a While) Lyrics: Mimis Traiforos, Music: Michalis Sougioul
"Poso lypamai" (How Sorry I Am) Lyrics: Vasilis Spyropoulos, Panagiotis Papadoukas, Music: Kostas Giannidis
"Liges kardiés agapoune" (Few Hearts Love) Lyrics: Kostas Kofiniotis, Music: Michalis Sougioul
"Tha se paro na figoume" (I’ll Take You to Leave) Lyrics: Alekos Sakellarios, Music: Giannis Spartakos
"Gia tis gynaikes" (For the Women) Lyrics: Kostas Manesis, Music: Nikos Gounaris
"Vira tis ankures" (Hoist the Anchors) (Orchestral) Music: Giorgos Mouzakis
"Etsi in i zoi" (Such is Life) Lyrics: Dimitris Evaggelidis, Music: Kostas Giannidis
"O minas exei ennia" (The Month Has Nine) Lyrics: Giorgos Tzavellas, Music: Michalis Sougioul
"To tram to telefteo" (The Last Tram) Lyrics: Alekos Sakellarios, Music: Michalis Sougioul
"Diplos glykos kaimos" (Double Sweet Pain) Lyrics: Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Music: Giorgos Mouzakis