Erotes
Producer and Artistic Director: Yana Sistovari
Composer: Ash Mukherjee after Euripides
Vocalist: Ash Mukherjee, Yana Sistovari,Prathap Bangalore.
Flautist: Kate Wakeling
Percussionist: Prathap Bangalore

The text is from the original Greek papyrus of Medea by Euripides. The original melody was lost and we created this one in the style of recitations from the Sama Veda so it would suit Carnatic dance/music styles. 
The song is addressed to Kypris or Aphrodite and is usually performed in traditional Greek theatre by the chorus. It appears just after Jason has announced to a furious and bereft Medea that he will be leaving her for another woman - Glauce, and thus begins Medea's fatal plotting. 

The song is essentially saying, "May love come to me in moderation Kypris, because when it overwhelms us, it brings us no good and we are left bereft."
The instruments are western flute by Kate Wakeling a wonderful flautist trained Balinese gamelan and flute, and the percussion instruments are mridangam and ganjira by Prathap Bangalore a wonderful Carnatic percussionist.

Ash Mukherjee

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