Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A live performance of "Nero's Lyre" - lament for solo lyre in the ancient Greek Phyrgian Mode...with Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal!
My "Musical Adventures in Time Travel" would not be complete, without exploring the notorious Emperor Nero - the most famous lyre player of antiquity, who we actually know by name! According to the timeless folklore, Nero famously played his lyre to accompany the Lament he sang as Rome burnt in the Great Fire of Rome in 64CE: whether this event was fact or fiction is irrelevant - the concept of this piece, is to evoke upon my own lyre, what Nero's famous lament may have actually sounded like...
Of all my many original compositions for solo lyre, I had always wondered what this particular piece would sound like arranged also for strings - the 'shimmer' mode on my Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal is so far about the nearest I have got to finding out!
A live performance of "Nero's Lyre" - lament for solo lyre in the ancient Greek Phyrgian Mode...with Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal!
My "Musical Adventures in Time Travel" would not be complete, without exploring the notorious Emperor Nero - the most famous lyre player of antiquity, who we actually know by name! According to the timeless folklore, Nero famously played his lyre to accompany the Lament he sang as Rome burnt in the Great Fire of Rome in 64CE: whether this event was fact or fiction is irrelevant - the concept of this piece, is to evoke upon my own lyre, what Nero's famous lament may have actually sounded like...
Of all my many original compositions for solo lyre, I had always wondered what this particular piece would sound like arranged also for strings - the 'shimmer' mode on my Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal is so far about the nearest I have got to finding out!
