Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"The Golden Lyre of Erato" - a live performance of track 1 from my 2015 album, "The Lyre of Apollo: The Chelys Lyre of Ancient Greece". Available from all the usual digital music platforms, CD quality audio & a PDF booklet of the detailed album notes are also available from Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/the-lyre-of-apollo-the-chelys-lyre-of-ancient-greece
This album was recorded in collaboration with the latter day ancient Greek lyre makers "Luthieros", who are based in Thessaloniki, Greece:
luthieros.com
The 'chelys', was the tortoise shell form of lyre played in ancient Greece, which had a resonator either made from an actual tortoise shell, or from wood carved in the form of a tortoise shell.
The recreated chelys form lyre I am playing in this album, is the Lutherios "Lyre of Apollo III" model - massive in size, with a soundboard of goat skin & a tortoise shell style resonator made in much more resonant wood, the instrument is certainly worthy of the mythological deity which inspired its creation!
The album was recorded as part of my collaboration with Luthieros, in their inspirational "Lyre 2 Project" - dedicated to reintroducing the beautiful lyres of antiquity as a divine artifact, back into our modern world.
My book, featuring sheet music of 13 of my original melodies for recreated ancient lyre is also published by Luthieros:
luthieros.com/product/best-of-michael-levy-lyre-sheet-music
Many thanks for watching!
"The Golden Lyre of Erato" - a live performance of track 1 from my 2015 album, "The Lyre of Apollo: The Chelys Lyre of Ancient Greece". Available from all the usual digital music platforms, CD quality audio & a PDF booklet of the detailed album notes are also available from Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/the-lyre-of-apollo-the-chelys-lyre-of-ancient-greece
This album was recorded in collaboration with the latter day ancient Greek lyre makers "Luthieros", who are based in Thessaloniki, Greece:
luthieros.com
The 'chelys', was the tortoise shell form of lyre played in ancient Greece, which had a resonator either made from an actual tortoise shell, or from wood carved in the form of a tortoise shell.
The recreated chelys form lyre I am playing in this album, is the Lutherios "Lyre of Apollo III" model - massive in size, with a soundboard of goat skin & a tortoise shell style resonator made in much more resonant wood, the instrument is certainly worthy of the mythological deity which inspired its creation!
The album was recorded as part of my collaboration with Luthieros, in their inspirational "Lyre 2 Project" - dedicated to reintroducing the beautiful lyres of antiquity as a divine artifact, back into our modern world.
My book, featuring sheet music of 13 of my original melodies for recreated ancient lyre is also published by Luthieros:
luthieros.com/product/best-of-michael-levy-lyre-sheet-music
Many thanks for watching!
