Mr. Bagby comes as close to holding hundreds of people in a spell as ever a man has... That is much too rare an experience in theater. — The New York Times » High-resolution photo
'Beowulf' at Kalamazoo: Essays on Translation and Performance
A major scholarly book has just been published which documents a gathering of prominent Anglo-Saxonists and scholars of oral poetry at the University of Western Michigan (Michigan/USA). Benjamin Bagby was a participant in that meeting, where he also performed his version of 'Beowulf'. The book includes essays on translating 'Beowulf', essays on performance (featuring a lengthy roundtable discussion with Bagby and various scholars), and reviews of Seamus Heaney's best-selling English translation of 'Beowulf.' There is also a CD with readings from 'Beowulf' by Bagby (in the original) and a variety of other readers in various languages.
'Beowulf' at Kalamazoo: Essays on Translation and Performance. Edited by Jana K. Schulman and Paul E. Szarmach. Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (2012). 432 pages, plus audio CD. ISBN 978-1-58044-152-0
›› Interview with Benjamin Bagby on WNYC, New York Public Radio
Forthcoming Performances
February 23, 2012
Washington D.C. (USA)
Gaston Hall
Georgetown University
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FRAGMENTS FOR THE END OF TIME
Sequentia (Benjamin Bagby and Norbert Rodenkirchen)
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25 and 26 February, Houston TX (Rothko Chapel)
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3 March, Wellesley MA (Houghton Chapel)
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6 March, New York City NY (Morgan Library)
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Some Recent Performances
November 19, 2011: INVOCATION - International Vocal Night, Köln (Germany)
November 30, 2011: Basel (Schweiz): Museum Tinguely
October 8, 2011: Konstanz (D), Archäologisches Museum Baden-Württemberg – 'Hildebrandslied, Heliand und Beowulf'
September 2, 2011: Wratislava Cantans Festival / Poland
September 29, 2011: Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA / USA
October 4, 2011: Wake Forest University, Winston- Salem, North Carolina / USA
August 27, 2011: Fränkischer Sommer / Germany
November 20, 2010: London, British Library
October 22, 2010: California University of Pennsylvannia, California, PA
October 26, 27, 29 and 30, 2010: Cal Performances, Zellerbach Theater, Berkeley, CA
November 4, 2010: Chesterton, Maryland, Washington College, Decker Hall
November 5, 2010: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
July 16, 2010: Madison Early Music Festival, Mills Concert Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
July 21, 2010: Tanglewood Music Festival, Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA
25-28 October, 2009: London, UK, British Library: Beowulf 1000: A Celebration of a Heroic Poem
A four-day celebration of the magnificent Anglo-Saxon epic in performance, readings, discussion, family events and workshops, tohether with a new display of the unique surviving manuscript.
- 25/10/09: performance (London, British Library)
- 26/10/09: performance (London, BL)
- 27/10/09: round table discussion with poet Seamus Heaney (London, BL)
- 28/10/09: performance (London, BL)
