{"id":1929,"date":"2010-11-11T13:49:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:38:51","slug":"manos-hadjidakis-giocondas-smile-greece-with-mandolins-and-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1929","title":{"rendered":"Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; Gioconda&#8217;s Smile &#8211; Greece &#8211; With Mandolins and Guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">I have recently found some interesting videos of guitarists from Greece, and so I decided it was time to find some interesting music from Greece with guitar and mandolin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today i want to present a work by Greek composer <strong>Manos Hadjidakis<\/strong> which is performed by a big orchestra including two mandolins and two guitars. It is the suite <strong>Gicondas Smile<\/strong>. This suite is composed of 10 instrumental songs and belongs to the most important compositions by Hadjidakis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hadjidakis is the composer of the song <strong>Never on Sunday<\/strong> from the movie with the same title, he got an acadamy award for this song in 1961. The tune is very popular and is also played by mandolin orchestras all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Giocondas Smile by Manos Hadjidakis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 1)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manos Hadjidakis - To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsX_FnBgbvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Consisted of ten instrumental songs, &#8220;To hamogelo tis Tzokontas&#8221; (&#8220;Gioconda&#8217;s smile&#8221;, 1965) is one of the most important works of Greek music. This concert was held at Megaron Mousikis in 1995, one year after Hadjidakis&#8217; death. The songs performed in the first part are: &#8220;Otan erhonte ta synnefa&#8221; (&#8220;When the clouds come&#8221;), &#8220;Kontessa Esterhazy&#8221; (&#8220;Countess Esterhazy&#8221;), &#8220;I parthena tis gitonias mou&#8221; (&#8220;Virgin in my neighbourhood).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"watch-headline-title\">Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 2)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The songs performed in the second part are: &#8220;Vrohi&#8221; (&#8220;Rain&#8221;), &#8220;Prosopografia tis miteras mou&#8221; (&#8220;Portrait of my mother&#8221;), &#8220;\u03a4o konserto&#8221; (&#8220;Concerto&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially the Concerto ist a beatiful tune for the two mandolins!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manos Hadjidakis - To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GbzBWeXVGo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"watch-headline-title\">Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 3)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The songs performed in the third part are: &#8220;O kyrios Noll&#8221; (&#8220;Mr. Noll&#8221;), &#8220;Oi dolofonoi&#8221; (&#8220;Assassins&#8221;).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manos Hadjidakis - To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 3)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IMNKKx_wVhg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"watch-headline-title\">Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 4)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The songs performed in the fourth part are: &#8220;Vradini epistrofi&#8221; (&#8220;Returning in the evening&#8221;), &#8220;Horos me ti skia mou&#8221; (&#8220;Dance with my own shadow&#8221;).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manos Hadjidakis - To hamogelo tis Tzokontas (part 4)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHkuUKYT4Xo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information about Manos Hadjidakis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia (Engl.): <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manos_Hatzidakis\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manos_Hatzidakis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia about Gioconda&#8217;s Smile: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gioconda%27s_Smile\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gioconda%27s_Smile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs by Manos Hadjidakis at greeksongs-greekmusic: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greeksongs-greekmusic.com\/t\/hadjidakis-manos\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.greeksongs-greekmusic.com\/t\/hadjidakis-manos\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently found some interesting videos of guitarists from Greece, and so I decided it was time to find some interesting music from Greece with guitar and mandolin. Today i want to present a work by Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis which is performed by a big orchestra including two mandolins and two guitars. 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