Serment - Orkos



Dated: 1981
Instrumentation: Unaccompanied mixed choir (32 voices minimum)
Timing: 7'
Premiere: September 6, 1981 in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece, performed by the chorus of the Third Hellenic Radio Programme, dir. Antonis Contogeorgiou
Dedicated to:
Commissioned by: 15th World Congress of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
Published: Editions Salabert 17547


The text is based on the Hippocratic Oath, sworn by doctors.
Recording2 available at Hyperion CDA66980 and Chandos 9663.