DAYS OF 2023

Miller Theatre at Columbia University

The Columbia Hellenic Studies department presents an evening of music and poetry readings in celebration of the poet Constantine P. Cavafy. A diverse program of compositions by Marcos Balter, Zosha di Castri, Stylianos Dimou, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Lena Platonos, and Georgios Poniridis, will be performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble under the music direction of Jeffrey Zeigler, with Greek guest musicians Yiannis Palamidas (voice) and Stergios Tsirliagos (synths). Cavafy poems will be recited in Greek and/or Arabic as well as new writing prepared for the occasion by some of the most exciting living poets. The program draws its title from Cavafy’s many works named “Days of,” reflecting on a year of his life.

This event is a part of the Onassis Foundation's "Archive of Desire": A Festival Inspired by the Poet C. P. Cavafy.

Program

C.P. Cavafy
Hidden Things

George Poniridy
Three poems by C. P. Cavafy

Come Back
To Pleasure
In Stock

Lucy Dhegrae, voice
Blair McMillen, piano

Stylianos Dimou
"au sujet de fusion: la genèse d'un(e) . . ." (2019-21)
for amplified ensemble - flute, saxophone, percussion, piano - and electronics

Jennifer Grim, bass flute
Erin Rogers, baritone saxophone Matt Kantorski, percussion
Eika Dohi, piano
Stylianos Dimou, electronics

Janlori Goldman
Ode to Blue (2017)

Zosha di Castri
Work & Day (2012)
Sae Hashimoto & Sean Ritenauer, percussion

Katerina Iliopoulou
The Bottomless Archive
Read by Katerina Iliopoulou

Dimitris Mitropoulos
Ten Inventions

Lucy Dhegrae, voice
Blair McMillen, piano

Orfeas Apergis
The poet in New York remade as feeling
Read by Orfeas Apergis

Marcos Balter
Codex Seraphinianus (2014)

Flora
Fauna
Bipeds
Hermetica
Macinery
Anthropology
Register: Albertine Gone
Linguistics
Culture
Games
Architecture

Jennifer Grim, flute
Erin Rogers, alto saxophone
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Ljova, viola

- INTERMISSION -

C. P. Cavafy
He Vows
Read by Iman Mersal (Arabic translation)

Lena Platonos
Kavafis - 13 Tragoudia