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What story shall I tell them? What trickery will serve? — Argonautica, Book I
"Argonauts: The Beginning" is an original song for an ancient lyre & bendir by Playades, a music ensemble based in Modena, Italy, focusing on the use of storytelling to rediscover the ancient Greek culture and mythology.
Fabio Esposito performs for us on a LUTHIEROS Lyre of Aphrodite and Francesco Sotgiu on the ancient bendir. The melody is inspired by the story of the Argonauts, a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
"Argonauts: The Beginning" is part of Playades' first album, titled "Ancient Meditations" (2021).
⚫ Find the perfect lyre for you at luthieros.com
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and other ancient musical instruments at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
Ancient World Music is a genre that expands swiftly with new musicians from all over the world, and SEIKILO Channel is committed to supporting and introducing them to an ever-expanding audience! Our crew traveled to Italy to document their journey into a series of videos for the SEIKILO Channel.
🎼 About the song (from the album's text)
At the head of the expedition of the Argonauts was the young Jason who was entrusted with the task of recovering the golden fleece that seemed to have the power to heal any disease.
Once the ship sailed, two oxen were sacrificed to the God Apollo as a sign of good luck for the journey undertaken. In the distance it was possible to see the smoke rising from the ship, so the Argonauts decided to celebrate the departure, but the wine fomented quarrels and furious brawls.
Orpheus, an enchanting artist, brought back peace and concord among the adventurers with the sweet sound of his lyre, thus saving a mission that seemed to be already compromised at its beginning.
🇮🇹 Who are Playades?
PLAYADES is a musical project fueled with cultural research and knowledge dissemination; a project that was born out of an inner necessity and the desire to rediscover our shared ancient heritage of Greek culture and mythology.
From streets to theaters, from libraries to cafes, every PLAYADES live performance is a unique experience: the place where ancient-inspired music and storytelling blend together seamlessly, and from their marriage, something magical blooms. What this might be, you have to find out for your own by participating in one of their gigs!
Their first album, mysteriously titled "Ancient Meditations," is just the first act of a far greater project. Their live concert is the next act: when the soothing sound of the lyre and the immerging beats of the ancient bendir give birth to an ancient world full of tales, poems, and fragments of epic stories, lost in time and space.
And as Hesiod would say, twenty-seven centuries ago, "The Pleiades plunge into the misty deep*" to rediscover the past through contemporary lenses.
Fabio Esposito on the Lyre of Aphrodite.
Francesco Sotgiu on the ancient bendir.
Davide Folloni & Francesca Capuozzo on the narration.
* Works and Days, 700 BC
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What story shall I tell them? What trickery will serve? — Argonautica, Book I
"Argonauts: The Beginning" is an original song for an ancient lyre & bendir by Playades, a music ensemble based in Modena, Italy, focusing on the use of storytelling to rediscover the ancient Greek culture and mythology.
Fabio Esposito performs for us on a LUTHIEROS Lyre of Aphrodite and Francesco Sotgiu on the ancient bendir. The melody is inspired by the story of the Argonauts, a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
"Argonauts: The Beginning" is part of Playades' first album, titled "Ancient Meditations" (2021).
⚫ Find the perfect lyre for you at luthieros.com
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and other ancient musical instruments at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
Ancient World Music is a genre that expands swiftly with new musicians from all over the world, and SEIKILO Channel is committed to supporting and introducing them to an ever-expanding audience! Our crew traveled to Italy to document their journey into a series of videos for the SEIKILO Channel.
🎼 About the song (from the album's text)
At the head of the expedition of the Argonauts was the young Jason who was entrusted with the task of recovering the golden fleece that seemed to have the power to heal any disease.
Once the ship sailed, two oxen were sacrificed to the God Apollo as a sign of good luck for the journey undertaken. In the distance it was possible to see the smoke rising from the ship, so the Argonauts decided to celebrate the departure, but the wine fomented quarrels and furious brawls.
Orpheus, an enchanting artist, brought back peace and concord among the adventurers with the sweet sound of his lyre, thus saving a mission that seemed to be already compromised at its beginning.
🇮🇹 Who are Playades?
PLAYADES is a musical project fueled with cultural research and knowledge dissemination; a project that was born out of an inner necessity and the desire to rediscover our shared ancient heritage of Greek culture and mythology.
From streets to theaters, from libraries to cafes, every PLAYADES live performance is a unique experience: the place where ancient-inspired music and storytelling blend together seamlessly, and from their marriage, something magical blooms. What this might be, you have to find out for your own by participating in one of their gigs!
Their first album, mysteriously titled "Ancient Meditations," is just the first act of a far greater project. Their live concert is the next act: when the soothing sound of the lyre and the immerging beats of the ancient bendir give birth to an ancient world full of tales, poems, and fragments of epic stories, lost in time and space.
And as Hesiod would say, twenty-seven centuries ago, "The Pleiades plunge into the misty deep*" to rediscover the past through contemporary lenses.
Fabio Esposito on the Lyre of Aphrodite.
Francesco Sotgiu on the ancient bendir.
Davide Folloni & Francesca Capuozzo on the narration.
* Works and Days, 700 BC
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