The \"Carols\" is a custom in which children go on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and Epiphany Eve from house to house and sing, depending on the day, a corresponding traditional song, accompanying it with triangles, guitars, melodicas, lyres or harmonicas. Knocking on doors and asking: \"Shall we sing them?\" And if the answer is positive then they sing carols for a few minutes ending with the wish \"See you next year!” The landlord then rewards them with a small amount of money or with traditional sweets.
With the passage of time and in various places of Greece many different and variant carols emerged, which are of great interest.
Lenka Peskou, with the encouragement of FM Records and the support of Aegean Airlines, decided to investigate, record, transcribe for choirs, orchestrate and record this unique material of 50 different carols, often making adaptations or additions and subtractions, delivering the carols documented in sheet music and sound recordings, throwing thus new light on this constantly evolving traditional wealth.
33▶ 01:09:43 Traditional Carols from Kavala (Pontian)
34▶ 01:10:48 Greek Epiphany Carols
35▶ 01:13:13 Cypriot Epiphany Carols
36▶ 01:14:40 Christmas Carol from Crete
37▶ 01:17:13 Christmas Carol from Thrace
38▶ 01:20:35 New Year's Carol from Zakynthos
39▶ 01:22:05 Traditional Carols from Xanthi
40▶ 01:22:54 New Year's Carol from Peloponnese
41▶ 01:24:15 Christmas Carol from Epirus
42▶ 01:26:08 Traditional Carols from Drama
43▶ 01:26:48 Epiphany Carol from Pelion
44▶ 01:27:19 Epiphany Carol from Paphos
45▶ 01:28:35 Epiphany Carol from Kasos
46▶ 01:31:35 Christmas Carol from Kozani
47▶ 01:33:56 Carols from Karpathos
48▶ 01:36:41 Epiphany Carol from Naxos
49▶ 01:39:06 Traditional Carols from Epirus
50▶ 01:40:57 There Goes the Old Year
Lenka Peskou (Bio)
Lenka Peskou began her first piano lessons at 6 years of age. She continued her studies in music, piano and higher musical theory and received her Diploma in Piano and Composition with Honors. She has written many music books for children and recorded and produced many children and Christmas songs.
Η ΛΕΝΚΑ ΠΕΣΚΟΥ μουσικός της Α/Βάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης, ξεκίνησε τα πρώτα μαθήματα πιάνου 6 ετών. Έπειτα συνέχισε τις σπουδές στη μουσική, πιάνο και ανώτερα θεωρητικά στο Κρατικό Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης, το Σύγχρονο Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης, το Ωδείο Φίλιππος Νάκας, παίρνοντας Πτυχίο Αρμονίας, Αντίστιξης, Φούγκας, Ενοργάνωσης Πνευστών, Πτυχίο Πιάνου, Δίπλωμα Πιάνου και Δίπλωμα Σύνθεσης όλα με Άριστα. Έχει συγγράψει πολλά μουσικά βιβλία για παιδιά και έχει ηχογραφήσει και κάνει την παραγωγή σε πολλά παιδικά και Χριστουγεννιάτικα τραγούδια γνωστά-αγαπημένα στα μικρά παιδιά αλλά και νέα τραγούδια δικά της. Έχει συνεργαστεί με την FM Records, τον Εναλλακτικό Κύκλο, τις Εκδόσεις Cambia και τις Εκδόσεις Φίλιππος Νάκας, σε έντυπη μορφή αλλά και digital release.
