Amalgamation Choir at Westminster Abbey (Commonwealth day 2023)

You can find our full performance here 🙏
Commonwealth Day
13.03.23
Song: Ξενιτιά του έρωτα (eng: Exile of Eros)
Music and lyrics: Giorgos Kalogirou @kalogirou.giorgos
Arrangement/conductor: @anastasiou_vasiliki
Performers: @amalgamationchoir
Sign language: @annita.kon20
@bbc @bbcworldservice @theroyalfamily @princeandprincessofwales
Special thanks:
•Commonwealth Royal Society @royalcwsociety
•Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Stelios Georgiades, Head of Cyprus Cultural Diplomacy @cyprus_mfa
•Cultural Services @depminculturecy
•Stelios Hadjioannou Foundation @stelios_foundation
•Cypriot Handicraft Service @cyprus_handicraft_service
•A.G. Leventis Foundation @leventisfoundation
•Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra
@cyprusyouthsymphonyorchestra
•George [e-mail]
•Rea Olympiou@reouka
•University of Cyprus @universityofcyprus
•Fotis Fotiou@myfthing
•Thekla Eleftheriou@theklaelef82
•@redpointcy
•@garage_art_space
•Charis Ioannou@thecharisioannou
•Yiannis Zouris@yianzouris
•Andreas Loukaides
@loucaidesphotography
OUR PRECIOUS CHOIR MEMBERS:
Vasiliki Anastasiou (conductor)
Myrto Aristeidou @myrto5
Andria Avgousti @andria_avg
Argyro Christodoulou @argyro.christodoulou
Kyriaki Christodoulou @kyriaki.ptf
Panayiota Constanti @pana.constanti
Annita Constantinou @annita.kon20
Evri Demetriou @evristheni_dim
Avgi Hadjipavlou @avgihadjipavlou
Leda Mappouridou @ledamaps
Christina Metaxa @christina__metaxa
Christina Papamichael @pm_christine
Anastasia Prokopi-Taki @life.flies
Maria Voultsopoulou @maria_voultso
Chara Zymara @xarazym

[@cardinalflower6959]

Congratulations to the choir and to your amazing director/conduction! I'm so glad you're receiving the recognition you so richly deserve.

[@nicolasweingaertner1286]

Totally agreed! Regards from France, and thank you for giving birth to this!

[@NotaCapn]

This group is wonderful!

[@pansrn]

Lovely. Congratulations to all the performers. Also, the sign language adds the sweetest little touch to this.

[@mariaantreou590]

Απλά υπέροχο!! Μπράβο στους συντελεστές!! Μας συγκινείτε και μας κάνετε περήφανους!! 🙏🌹👏

[@helenkalapodas7720]

Lovely voices, excellent performance! Congratulations to all of you! Waiting some more from you!❤

[@Zeibekkikina]

Είστε υπέροχες! Wonderful, the best of Cyprus in such a wonderful setting

[@RochPelland]

Bravo a toutes !! :) L'une de mes pièces préférée !

[@thetravellingwitch8047]

Μπράβο σας κορίτσια!! Τέλειες!! 👏👏

[@TheChsppdp]

Δεν περίμενα πως θα μπορούσατε να το πείτε ακομα πιο ομορφα απο τη εκτέλεση στη Βιβλιοθήκη. Κι όμως τα καταφερατε ... Συγχαρητήρια! Και τωρα ελατε επιτελους και στην Ελλαδα! 😉

[@PsKIXEM]

Άξιες ❤❤❤

[@Truth_Seeker_86]

Φτου σας κοριτσάρες μου! Μπράβο σας!

[@ProudCypriot]

Congratulations it was excellent 😊 You made us proud 🇨🇾 💪

[@danaeflorou_alphabetagreek]

Συγχαρητήρια για μία ακόμα υπέροχη εκτέλεση! Συγκινούμαι κάθε φορά που το ακούω. Ελπίζω να έρθετε κάποτε και στον Καναδά!☀💙

[@Giannis_Sarafis]

Μπράβο σας κυρίες μου. Υπέροχο!

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

J'ai préféré DE BEAUCOUP l'interprétation de cette chanson dans la bibliothèque !!!!!

[@goron_aleyhisselam]

I do not know the content of lyrics and don't understand even one word of the song but the melody processing of the amazing ladies made me deeply cry. ❤

[@stelladet27]

Atop the kikos mountains the mist falls low And an eagles looks cool water to drink He finds a pine, a lonely pine dried up from time With a root thirsty to drink from the fountain On a low branch the eagle sits and asks "Why governs the fountain and lets noone drink?" "The fountain is of Eros and from his suffering he waits, for the beautiful lass to come back from exile*, and find the young man again who waits for her and because of her flight he's not alive anymore. And from the fountain they shall drink again so the mountains will bloom." *The word used here is ξενιτιά which cannot be precisely translated. I used exile but the word is usually used for people who migrated and left their homeland behind. Its a very bitter word that carries a kind of pain I cannot translate.

[@elenimitillou8666]

Μπράβο στα κορίτσια μας! Απλά υπέροχες

[@davidscwimer1974]

Daughters of the Hellenes

[@creatureencounters3897]

It was you! I was at work and heard this and wondered if it was you! So good to hear it!

[@SHALOM77H]

Is that Latin???

[@ProudCypriot]

@@SHALOM77H Cypriot Greek

[@SHALOM77H]

​@@ProudCypriotoh ok Thanks 👍🏻

[@PsKIXEM]

😮😮😮👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ml8bt6os4d]

👏👏👏

[@NTWaveBeatBuster]

So many sotonic people around angelic music

[@lizclegg7556]

Sotonic? Satanic?

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

What do you exactly mean ??????? 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔

[@berserkerbambi6094]

Look up scandals with royal family and people who have unhealthy interest in minors. Oh and high ranking politicians. And police and justice system corruption. Not just in the UK. Investigate, you will find answers. Look at documentary "Sun Sea and Satan."

[@UshastayaMrs]

Вот-вот. От вида британской королевской семьи аж передернуло. Не в коня корм... Такое надо петь людям для людей. А не для... кхм, коронованных особ. Хотя акустика там, наверное, что надо))