Beren and Luthien (WIP)

The sons of Feanor attack the fated lovers in the woods of Brethil. This is a composition that I've had in my head for a long time, being one of my favorite moments in the Silmarillion; tense, dire, hot with sexual jealousy and racial animosity, it's considerably more compelling and satisfying as "romantic fairy-story" than much of the material that surrounds it. I'd hoped to have it brought to a level of finish I was satisfied with by the time the recent "Beren and Luthien" had hit the shelves, oh well. consider this the "impressionist version."

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