On This Day "Christ Is Risen"!
Four Easter songs from Domna Samiou’s discography
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The songs Today, my dark-eyed beauty and Just like Easter Sunday are from the disc Easter Songs.
The tune Syrtos dance of Kythnos is from the disc A Stroll with Domna Samiou.
The tune Sereanitsa is from the unreleased collection Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou.
See also
The Song of Saint George
St. George, the most revered saint of the Eastern Church is the saint-fighter against evil and injustice, protector and liber...
Song
Again They Entered in the Dance
Again they entered in the dance, four eyes as dark as olives,
four eyes that weave like shuttle through the hearts they brea...
Song
Arta’s Bridge
Down on the shore where land meets sea,
where the world ends,
they set to building a bridge,
but the bridge would not stan...
Song
Down in the Open Countryside
Down in the open countryside – why, down there, don’t you see?
down there, where all those flowers are blooming,
that’s whe...
Song
Leilalim (Lilac-sweet)
Easter Dance
Oh, I’m standing on the castle height,
lilac-sweet, my love, my love, lilac-sweet, lilac-sweet.
I am all of twelve years ol...
Song
My Son, Why Dont You Go and Wash?
Necrolatric Dance of Easter
– My son, why don’t you go and wash, why don’t you change your clothing?
Today, my child, is Easter Day, you’ll go and take ...
Song
Now Hear Me,…
Easter Dance Song
Now hear me, you who leads the dance and you who twists and tangles
direct the dance along a course resembling reeds a-swayi...
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On the Swing She Sits (Komiaki, Naxos)
Sung by Sofia Korre and the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association Choir.
More information about th...
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Six carols selected from our music archive
Two of them are from Domna Samiou's discography and four from her unreleased archive.
Lazarus's carol (Eastern Thrace...
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Songs for the Grape Harvesting
From our unpublished collection The Earth’s Three Bounties
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The Song of Saint George
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
Song
Today, My Dark-Eyed Beauty
Easter Dance
Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’
today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven.
Today, my ...
Song
Today, dear George...
Necrolatric Dance of Easter
Today, dear George, is Easter Day, my dearest George, my dearest George,
Today’s a major holiday, my dearest George, my hand...