New recording of The Lay of the Last Survivor
Video and audio recordings of a new performance of my song The Lay of the Last Survivor have now been released – its first professional performance and the first time it has been performed the way I originally intended. Janneke Ferwerda (soprano) and Tijana Kozarcic (harp) sang and played beautifully in the rich acoustics and visual surroundings of the Auburn Uniting Church, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia:https://youtu.be/8t_qfd4Q_isHigher quality audio recordings of The Lay of the Last Survivor than in the video are now available to stream or download on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon etc.: Spotify Apple Music Amazon YouTubeThe Lay of the Last Survivor is a passage in the ca. 8th century Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, the lament of the last remaining member of a society whose “heroes” [...]