Reconstruction of the Orestes Chorus (2017)

Original id: 
14487
Start date: 
28 July 2017
End date: 
28 July 2017
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Original language
Production notes: 
Live performances of original ancient Greek music as well as modern reconstructions. Highlights of the programme included Athenaeus' Delphic Paean, the Seikilos Song, and Mesomedes' Hymns to the Gods and the Sun. The evening culminated in the first full performance of Armand D'Angour's reconstruction of a chorus from Euripides' Orestes. Performed as part of a three-day conference on Ancient Greek Music (Jesus College, Oxford, 28-30 July 2017).
Media of production: 
Vocal music (non-theatrical), accompanied/unaccompanied (oratorio, cantata etc)
Scenes/extracts
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Orestes Euripides
Person Role Notes
Callum Armstrong Musician Aulos
Armand D'Angour Music director
Robin Howell Musician Instrument maker; reconstructed the aulos.
Robin Howell
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, County of Oxfordshire, England) 27 July, 2017 Randolph Sculpture Gallery

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Reconstruction of the Orestes Chorus (2017), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/14487 <25 April 2024>