[SCA-AE] BEOWULF at Cornell - Once in a lifetime opportunity.

[Ruth Morrisson]

Greetings from Myfanwy!
Alastar and I saw him perform several years ago, here in Pittsburgh  
(there wasn't the projection back then, though).
It was absolutely hypnotic.  We saw it through the Renaissance and  
Baroque Society, and the audience got treated to a Q&A session  
afterwards (that alone was was worth the price of admission).  One of  
the most interesting questions was whether foreign audiences got more  
of the Old English words -- he said that people in Iceland can read it  
in the original, but orally Old English is sufficiently different from  
modern Icelandic that they don't necessarily get any more words (just  
different ones).  Oddly enough, the people who could follow it the best  
are those who speak Frisian.
Just a heads up for anyone in BMDL or the surrounding area -- he will  
also be performing here in Pittsburgh soon, although I don't remember  
the date.  For info, contact the Renaissance and Baroque Society (I  
think they may have a website, and if not, I'm pretty sure they're  
listed in the community section of the Pittsburgh phone book).
I wish I could go again this time, because it was an absolutely  
phenomenal experience, and I heartily recommend it to anyone who has a  
chance to see him perform.
On Monday, February 5, 2007, at 12:21  PM, Marie Stewart wrote:

> For everyone on the list, from Cornell News Service...
> Benjamin Bagby presents live performance of 'Beowulf' in the original
> Old English, Feb. 8
>
> http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan07/bagby.beowulf.spr.html
>
> The epic poem "Beowulf" in the original Old English (Anglo-Saxon) will
> be performed by noted scholar and performer Benjamin Bagby, Feb. 8 at
> 8 p.m. in Cornell's Barnes Hall Auditorium. The free performance is
> open to the public.
>
> Bagby plays the role of a bard, speaking and singing a story while
> accompanying himself on the six-stringed Anglo-Saxon harp.
>
> Founder of the medieval music ensemble Sequentia and a member of the
> faculty at Sorbonne University in Paris, Bagby has spent the last 19
> years giving live readings of Beowulf. He performs the first chapter
> of the epic, relating to the hero and his fight with the monster
> Grendel. A translation is projected behind him, but it tends to become
> secondary as Bagby interprets and articulates the work.
>
> Thanks and kudos to Muirreann Ni Muirchertaig who brought this gem to
> my attention.
>
> Hope to see folks there.
> Bridgette
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Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy at nauticom.net