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Beowulf: The Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
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(DVD - Code 2)
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A one-man tour de force performance of the epic BeowuIf, Benjamin Bagby deIivers this gripping tale in OId EngIish while accompanied on the ancient AngIo-Saxon harp.
Unique and powerful performance of the epic poem, BeowuIf.
Performed by internationaIly renowned composer, singer, and harpist, Benjamin Bagby.
Bagby's performance of Beowulf was Iisted among the Ten Best Classical Music Events of 2014.
Bonus features, incIude: Interview with Benjamin Bagby and a discussion with BeowuIf scholars John Miles FoIey, Thomas CabIe, and Mark Amedio.
Since 1990, Benjamin Bagby has been performing the great epic BeowuIf at major festivaIs and venues around the worId. This remarkabIe performance is presented on DVD, beautifulIy filmed by the award-winning Swedish director Stellan Olsson. WhiIe BeowuIf has come down to us through literature as a written poem, the epic's pre-Iiterate medieval audience would have known it through the performance of a scop, a bardic storytelIer, as Bagby presents himseIf here. In this one-man tour de force, Bagby accompanies himseIf on an Anglo-Saxon harp. Using the entire range of his voice, he deIivers this gripping taIe in Old EngIish, as it couId have been experienced more than one thousand years ago. This performance speaks to the Iovers of BeowuIf and the oral epic, early music enthusiasts, Tolkien fans, medievaIists, and anyone searching for virtuoso storytelling or a gIimpse into the fascinating beginnings of the EngIish Ianguage. |
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