Скачать или смотреть Nostos (George Stathos, Clarinet; Julian Bennett Holmes, Organ): Music from Greece

Nostos is George Stathos, clarinet, and Julian Bennett Holmes, organ. Nostos will present a fascinating program of traditional music from the Greek mainland and islands. Nostos: a musical expression of the longing for the Greek homeland.

A native New Yorker, George Stathos is a third-generation American of Greek ancestry. He began playing the clarinet at an early age with Greek, Armenian, and Turkish musicians in New York. His live performances have taken him around the world and throughout the United States. His credits include collaboration with the Greek rock group Annabouboula on NBC’s late-night series with host and jazz saxophonist David Sanborn. George is featured on the hit single “Flutes of Pan” with the famous British folk-rock group, The Waterboys. Pix Lax, a pop group from Athens, Greece, features George’s improvisational talent on modern Greece’s most popular single, “Lene Yia Mena” (They Talk About Me). George has also played at international and Greek folk festivals to the delight of audiences everywhere. His group performed in the wildly popular film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Live from St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University. Presented by Sacred Music at Columbia, from the Earl Hall Center for Religious Life at Columbia University. While we cannot have in-person audiences at this time, we are delighted to present this streaming concert, with socially-distanced musicians.