O Little Town of Bethlehem

from by Viktor Mastoridis

My Greek Christmas Album cover art
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I know this tune from the Christmas plays that I organize for our school. I like it a lot, and it probably has the least touching points with anything Greek or Mediterranean. And then one day, I came with two ideas, both very Greek, both taking the actual mood quite away. One in Zeimbekiko rhythm (a Greek, slow version of 9/8) and the other in Sirto (used a lot on the islands). A long Zeimbekiko tune would simply be a killjoy, especially if the melody is not native Greek. It didn't take long to figure out that combining both of them would be the way forward.

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from My Greek Christmas Album, released 16 October 2011
tune: Forest Green, English folk

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tags: 9/4 time balkan world music forest green greek music world bouzouki carol greek greek christmas music instrumental zeimpekiko London

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Viktor's style is Balkan World Music: a fusion of Balkan folk with Rock, Blues, Pop and ... more Classical.

To date, he has recorded 12 albums.

His music appears in films, radio and TV programmes, including Discovery TV Channel, A Place Under The Sun (Channel 4 UK), Paul Merton's Adventures (Channel 5 TV), the Greek Olympic Games official CD released by EMI in 2004, etc. less

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