Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What better way to celebrate the start of brief British Summer than to find a secluded ancient woodland glade & be inspired to spontaneously perform meditative music on the harp-like timbre of a recreated ancient lyre!
The piece I am performing is a nature-inspired improvisation around my tune "Orpheus's Lyre" from my 2013 album, "Musical Adventures in Time Travel":
open.spotify.com/album/54P7XYVh2FN9zkioHoMWW1?si=rHaZkLmPTP--GXjn7u4fag
The lovely location is Lancaut Nature Reserve, in a secluded glade next to steep limestone cliffs, framing the River Wye - one of my favourite local spots to escape the mostly maddness of the rest of the modern world.
Lancaut was once a tiny village, long-abandoned during the Middle Ages, probably due to the plague - all that remains, is the ruins of a 12th century church, nestled in the remnants of the ancient wild wood bordering the banks of the Wye & surrounding sheer limestone cliffs - today I discovered it makes a spendid outdoor recording studio!
What better way to celebrate the start of brief British Summer than to find a secluded ancient woodland glade & be inspired to spontaneously perform meditative music on the harp-like timbre of a recreated ancient lyre!
The piece I am performing is a nature-inspired improvisation around my tune "Orpheus's Lyre" from my 2013 album, "Musical Adventures in Time Travel":
open.spotify.com/album/54P7XYVh2FN9zkioHoMWW1?si=rHaZkLmPTP--GXjn7u4fag
The lovely location is Lancaut Nature Reserve, in a secluded glade next to steep limestone cliffs, framing the River Wye - one of my favourite local spots to escape the mostly maddness of the rest of the modern world.
Lancaut was once a tiny village, long-abandoned during the Middle Ages, probably due to the plague - all that remains, is the ruins of a 12th century church, nestled in the remnants of the ancient wild wood bordering the banks of the Wye & surrounding sheer limestone cliffs - today I discovered it makes a spendid outdoor recording studio!
