Vitruvian Woman In the beginning, the world started spinning – a disk that accreted from void. Creator’s intentions produced more dimensions, each lest the last be destroyed. And out of affinity strode masculinity, clutching his logos referral, But deep in Read More …
Author: Tommy
Rhyming Thomas & the Faery Queen | Томас Рифмач и Королева эльфов
Rhyming Thomas & the Faery Queen ‘Twas at the breaking of the day As wandered I in heartsome moan All in the merry month of May By Huntly Banks, myself alone. The chirping finch, the warbling thrush The blackbird trilling Read More …
На смерть Байрона | On the death of Byron
На смерть Байрона (1824) О чем средь ужасов войныТоска и траур погребальный?Куда бегут на звон печальныйСвященной Греции сыны?Давно от слез и крови взмоклаЭллада средь святой борьбы;Какою ж вновь бедой судьбыГрозят отчизне Фемистокла? Чему на шатком троне радТиран роскошного Востока,За что Read More …
Герой | Hero
«Герой», Александр Пушкин Что есть истина? Друг Да, слава в прихотях вольна. Как огненный язык, она По избранным главам летает, С одной сегодня исчезает И на другой уже видна. За новизной бежать смиренно Народ бессмысленный привык; Но нам уж то Read More …
Review of Vitruvian Woman by Jock Urquhart
A ten minute snapshot of global history, politics and philosophy, it’s an ambitious and sprawling piece confidently presented by Beavitt and his collaborators. I imagine Tommy with a wry smile on his face as he performs his impressive, wordy tour Read More …
Vitruvian Woman
Reconstructed rap – or “beat poetry” – with a philosophical twist!
When a harp rings out boldly in eternal halls of fame
Sand animation by Moscow artist Ekaterina Sheffer illustrating a contemporary English version of Lermontov’s poem 1831-go IYUNYA 11 DNYA. The poem, translated and recited by global village bard and Ekaterinburg resident Thomas Beavitt, is accompanied by original music specially composed Read More …
The bard is dead!
A few months ago at the “Sail of Destiny” festival in Pyatigorsk, Thomas Beavitt gave this impromptu performance of Lermontov’s Смерть поэта (The Bard is Dead!), which was composed on the occasion of the death of Lermontov’s idol Pushkin in Read More …
When a harp rings out boldly… (excerpt, Pyatigorsk July 2019)
Excerpt from ‘When a harp rings out boldly in eternal halls of fame’ , English version of Lermontov’s early poem 1831-го ИЮНЯ 11 ДНЯ, translated and performed at the 2019 ‘Sail of Destiny’ festival, in Pyatigorsk by Thomas Beavitt. The Read More …
Musical interpretation of Lermontov’s poems ‘Ossian’s Tomb’ and ‘Yearning’ (in original Russian)
Thomas Beavitt performing his musical arrangements of Lermontov’s poems Ossian’s Tomb (Гроб Оссиана) and Yearning (Желание) at the door of the little house where the famous Russian poet slept his last night. The performance was part of the Sail of Read More …