Harbour Symphony in the harbour of Patras Greece commissioned by the European City of Culture Festival 2006.

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Across Oceans orchestrated 12 commercial ships to sail into and dock at the central city harbour to host 50 youth onboard to play the ships’ horns in a wild symphony heard by the whole city of Patras.

 

COLLABORATORS:  

Composer: Rob Power

Production: Christos Giotis, Alexis Latsis (for EU City of Culture)

Artistic direction: Maxine Heppner with Atalanti Mouzouri

Performers: The Boy and Girl Scouts and Cubs of Patras

The Ships:  Antiron ferry services, Minoan Ferry lines, fisherman and vessels of the Patras harbour

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(Use-of-concept by permission of the Sound Symposium, Newfoundland).