Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A presentation of "Virility of the Satyrs" - track 11 from my forthcoming 2025 album, "Enchantment of the Tortoise Lyre" on all major digital music platforms on 1st June, the album is available to pre-save on Spotify now:
open.spotify.com/prerelease/5k5aYzgTCYa7tx68c8L0OH?si=97bdc2cacd12422b
My complementary recording project to the release of my album, "Magic of the Kithara" in 2025, was extending, re-mastering & re-releasing my 2022 album, "Ancient Greek Magic" under this new, more appropriate descriptive title, "Enchantment of the Tortoise Shell Lyre", featuring my recreated ancient Greek tortoise shell lyre, this time evoking the space of some ancient Greek Temple with eerie reverb sampled from York Minster Cathedral & new cinematic-style mastering!
The lyre featured in this performance has a resonator fashioned from a foraged Greek land tortoise, with goat skin soundboard - custom made in modern Greece, by Luthieros:
luthieros.com
About the closest thing to taking the 2,400 year old Elgin Lyre out of its display cabinet at the British Museum & actually performing on it!
The actual 'live' recording of this track can also be seen in the following unlisted video:
youtube.com/watch?v=w72NhdyoXLY
This piece hopefully demonstrates the wilder sounds the recreated tortoise shell lyre is capable of, which when using a combination of strummed drones by blocking specific strings with the left hand, whilst opening specific blocked strings with the required left hand fingers to create a strummed melodic line. No surprise that back in the day, the tortoise-shell lyre was mainly performed 'symposiums' - wild, debauched ancient Greek drinking parties!
In ancient Greek mythology, Satyrs were associated with Dionysus, the god of wine. Their hedonistic nature symbolized pleasure, reflecting human desires. Satyrs were rustic fertility spirits of the countryside and wilds. They consorted with the Nymphai (Nymphs) and were companions of the gods Dionysos, Hermes, Hephaistos, Pan, Rhea-Kybele and Gaia.
For full details of my many 'musical adventures in time travel', please check out all my official artist links below - many thanks for watching!
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Official Artist Links:
Official Website:
ancientlyre.com
Digital Music Artist Profiles:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v
iTunes & Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920
Amazon:
amzn.to/2zmJph3
Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com
Facebook Page:
facebook.com/beautifullyre
Twitter:
twitter.com/AncientLyre
Instagram:
instagram.com/mlevy1400bce
Patreon:
patreon.com/Michael_Levy_Ancient_Lyre_Music
A presentation of "Virility of the Satyrs" - track 11 from my forthcoming 2025 album, "Enchantment of the Tortoise Lyre" on all major digital music platforms on 1st June, the album is available to pre-save on Spotify now:
open.spotify.com/prerelease/5k5aYzgTCYa7tx68c8L0OH?si=97bdc2cacd12422b
My complementary recording project to the release of my album, "Magic of the Kithara" in 2025, was extending, re-mastering & re-releasing my 2022 album, "Ancient Greek Magic" under this new, more appropriate descriptive title, "Enchantment of the Tortoise Shell Lyre", featuring my recreated ancient Greek tortoise shell lyre, this time evoking the space of some ancient Greek Temple with eerie reverb sampled from York Minster Cathedral & new cinematic-style mastering!
The lyre featured in this performance has a resonator fashioned from a foraged Greek land tortoise, with goat skin soundboard - custom made in modern Greece, by Luthieros:
luthieros.com
About the closest thing to taking the 2,400 year old Elgin Lyre out of its display cabinet at the British Museum & actually performing on it!
The actual 'live' recording of this track can also be seen in the following unlisted video:
youtube.com/watch?v=w72NhdyoXLY
This piece hopefully demonstrates the wilder sounds the recreated tortoise shell lyre is capable of, which when using a combination of strummed drones by blocking specific strings with the left hand, whilst opening specific blocked strings with the required left hand fingers to create a strummed melodic line. No surprise that back in the day, the tortoise-shell lyre was mainly performed 'symposiums' - wild, debauched ancient Greek drinking parties!
In ancient Greek mythology, Satyrs were associated with Dionysus, the god of wine. Their hedonistic nature symbolized pleasure, reflecting human desires. Satyrs were rustic fertility spirits of the countryside and wilds. They consorted with the Nymphai (Nymphs) and were companions of the gods Dionysos, Hermes, Hephaistos, Pan, Rhea-Kybele and Gaia.
For full details of my many 'musical adventures in time travel', please check out all my official artist links below - many thanks for watching!
Subscribe:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Klezfiddle1
Official Artist Links:
Official Website:
ancientlyre.com
Digital Music Artist Profiles:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v
iTunes & Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920
Amazon:
amzn.to/2zmJph3
Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com
Facebook Page:
facebook.com/beautifullyre
Twitter:
twitter.com/AncientLyre
Instagram:
instagram.com/mlevy1400bce
Patreon:
patreon.com/Michael_Levy_Ancient_Lyre_Music
