Polychronion - Epic Byzantine Music

You can buy this song and the rest of my music here: An original composition by Farya Faraji. This is a re-upload of the original version I had posted two weeks ago, I wasn’t satisfied with the result of it. Some of the mixing was off, and I had been adamant in stressing the second syllable of all the words to keep a steady rhythm to the chant, but I regretted the decision afterwards seeing as it stretched the natural intonations of Greek too far, as many of my subscribers had pointed out. This one respects the Byzantine convention of putting the musical stress on the word’s phonetic stress accent much more than the first one, and some of the mixing problems are fixed. Please note that this isn’t actual Byzantine music, nor does it seek to be--it’s modern “Epic“ music which mixes a “film soundtrack“ style with Modern Greek musical language and instruments to produce an image of Byzantine civilisation, not a reconstructive work; I’m not claiming any authenticity with this song beyond a general “vibe“ of Byzantine music, as it’s first and foremost an “epic“ style song, and is not meant to be a legitimate polychronion or equivalent in authenticity to the actual ones in the Byzantine rite. The Polychronion is an acclamation in the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the time of the Byzantine Empire, the acclamation was proclaimed on special occasions for the Emperor, and was derived from the Latin acclamation “Ad multos annos“ (many years) used in the Roman Empire. Lyrics in Greek: Πολυχρόνιον ποιῆσαι, Κύριος ὁ Θεός τὸν εὐσεβέστατον Βασιλέα ἡμῶν Κύριε, φύλαττε αὐτὸν εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη. Polychronion poiēsai Kyrios o Theos ton eusebestaton basilea ēmōn Kyrie phylatte auton eis polla etē. Grant long life, O Lord God, to our most pious king, O Lord, preserve him, unto many years.