An evocation of the lost serenity of Classical antiquity...
This single features a completely spontaneous improvisation for chelys (tortoise shell form) lyre, recorded, live in my own garden at the height of summer, with nothing but the soothing, timeless background sounds of flowing water and birdsong.
Below is a video featuring the music, set to a backdrop of reconstructed Roman gardens and some of the beautiful surviving 1st century fresco's from Pompeii, capturing an essence of the lost tranquility of the gardens of Classical antiquity...
