The song cycle LIA’S SONGS was composed between 2012 and 2021.  It is the product of the collaboration between Athanasios Zervas (composer) and Lia Siomou (poet).  In the song cycle the poem “My heart knows” was written by Xenia Stamoudis, daughter of Lia Siomou.  The character of the song cycle is lyric and nostalgic, with six of the songs in Greek and four in English. In the CD, after the songs, Lia Siomou recites the poems in Greek and in English.

ATHANASIOS ZERVAS music (tracks 1-10)

LIA SIOMOU poetry ( tracks 1-6, 8-17,19-21)

XENIA STAMOUDIS poetry (track 7,18)

LIA SIOMOU recitator (tracks 11-21)

ANGELICA CATHARIOU mezzosoprano (tracks 1-10)

KOSTIS HASSIOTIS  oboe & English horn (tracks 2,4-5)

DIMITRIOS PATRAS cello (track 1)

IGOR PETRIN piano (tracks 2-10)

DIMITRIS ZACHARAKIS  vibraphone (track 1)

ATHANASIOS ZERVAS alto saxophone (track 3)

Product details

LIA’S SONGS

01. Water Vocalizations  [04:55] 

02. With A Water Lily and The “Gion” [03:12] 

03. Το Be Mine [05:46] 

04. In Those Years  [06:56] 

05. Musings [02:501] 

06. Two Hundred Years After [04:22] 

07. What My Heart Knows [03:00] 

08. Valentine’s Day [02:09] 

09. The Swans [01:58] 

10. Paradise Lost [03:19] 

11. Water Vocalizations [01:10] 

12. With A Water Lily [00:19] 

13. The “Gion” [00:36] 

14. Το Be Mine) [01:36]

15. In Those Years [01:09] 

16. Musings [00:59] 

17. Two Hundred Years After [01:44] 

18. What My Heart Knows [00:58] 

19. Valentine’s Day [01:56] 

20. The Swans [00:53] 

21. Paradise Lost [01:30] 

Total time: [52:09]