Geranos

Geranos is in three movements of nearly equal length (fast-slow-fast) playedwithout a break and preceded by a quiet introduction which is repeated in slightly modified form at the very end of the work. The chord used in the introduction dictates the material throughout the piece. The third movement‘shadows’ the first. The slow movement is sub-tilted ‘Adonida’, the name of a lament for Adonis who was also known as ‘Gingras’. Women bearing images of Adonis and expressing the utmost grief proceeded through the streets,singing and dancing to the accompaniment of the aulos gingras.