Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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After having the original version of this track, "Ode to Ancient Rome" featured in a scene in the Peacock TV & Prime Video series, "Those About to Die" (featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins as Emperor Vespasian!), I was inspired to rearrange the melody for the deeper, grander timbre of the recreated Greco-Roman Kithara, as can be heard in this immersive presentation of track 15 from my 2025 album, "Magic of the Kithara".

The kithara featured in this album, was recreated in modern Greece, by Luthieros:

luthieros.com

The album "Magic of the Kithara" was inspired by my collaboration in the soundscape to the exhibitions of the new Jeff Koons sculpture, "Apollo Kithara" on the Greek island of Hydra in 2022 & Frankfurt during 2023.

Available from all the usual digital music platforms, here is the album on Spotify:

open.spotify.com/album/3d52Tmhn9198gW5dAPVR3g?si=i36EwksBTAeai0HlyZYBvw

Studio quaility audio of this and all my albums, complete with album notes, is also available on Bandcamp:

michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/magic-of-the-kithara

Many thanks for watching!

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