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Chris Jarrett to his composition:
"The Suite Grecque is based on traditional dance- and rembetiko-rhythms
from various parts of today's and yesterday's Greece. Even
though written for quartet, the two pianos bring a kind of density
into the music that is at times almost symphonic - enriching the
wonderful rhythms and melodic lines of old Greek music with new
harmonies and variations. These reach in "style" from almost
"popular" sounds to free improvisations, jazz harmonies and
atonal music.
The point was always to prove how this fundamental and honest Greek
"folk music" can pass the test of time, and renew itself without
losing itself... to reveal the ingenuity of these structures. I
wanted to uncover the modernity of the past, the antiquity of the
present and the continual strength of a music not smiling the lying
grin of a fanatic salesman, but openly speaking out the experiences
and feelings of the Greek culture."
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