Performance of Rhyming Thomas & the Faery Queen (in Russian) at Livadia Palace, Yalta, 21 May 2021
Rhyming Thomas & the Faery Queen (video)
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The Blood of the Bard: Prophecy and Succession in Russia and Scotland (video)
Speech at the Yalta Conference 21st May, 2021
The Return of the Global Village Bard – Interview with Regis Tremblay for Global Conversations
It was a big pleasure to be interviewed by this fine gentleman Regis Tremblay for his show Global Conversations. I talk about my long and seemingly inevitable journey from Scotland to Russia, my childhood background and my Global Village Bard Read More …
Lovely Jubilee 2020
You shall make this year holy!
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Translating Lermontov’s 1831-go IYUNYA 11 DNYA
A discussion of some of the problems arising during the course of attempting a ‘musical’ verse translation of Lermontov’s early lyric poem 1831-go IYUNYA 11 DNYA is presented. A metrical analysis of the poem’s prosodic features is carried out in Read More …
Sail of Destiny Festival, Pyatigorsk, 13-19 October 2020
Orchestral score of Жив поэт! | The Bard is not Dead! – presentation at “Sail of Destiny” festival, Pyatigorsk, Oct 13-19 2020
Welcome!
Hello! Whatever path brought you here, I am glad you made it! I’m Thomas Beavitt and global village bard is the artistic programme I founded. Here you will find not only my own work, but also that co-authored and produced Read More …
The Bard is not dead! | Жив поэт!
The Bard is not dead! | Жив поэт! is a song cycle composed by Thomas Beavitt around English translations of eight poems written by the Russian poet Mikhail Yuryevitch Lermontov. Intended to be performed by a male singer either to Read More …
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 …