Legendary drum n bass artist Goldie has collaborated on a new composition inspired by a medieval music manuscript document.
The piece, which will be debuted at Glasgow Cathedral this Saturday (30 August), was inspired by The Hawick Missal Fragment, an 800 year old medieval manuscript of holy music.
Oxford University academic Dr Matthew Cheung Salisbury discovered the text and helped translate and transcribe into modern notation.
Speaking earlier this year, Dr Salisbury said: ‘One of the most exciting aspects of this collaboration is that we are producing an acoustic, live performance of a piece which Goldie has composed entirely electronically and which we have orchestrated for an ensemble, crossing borders between the recorded and the live.
‘We are building bridges between contemporary electronic music and the concert hall through the medium of medieval chant!’
The performance on 30 August will be delivered by musicians from all over Scotland and be accompanied by a talk from Goldie and a Q&A session.
Previously, Michael Nyman wrote a work inspired by the themes of the project, with the music from the fragment as its starting point.
Look out for our interview with Goldie on his recent collaboration with the Heritage Orchestra.
The piece, which will be debuted at Glasgow Cathedral this Saturday (30 August), was inspired by The Hawick Missal Fragment, an 800 year old medieval manuscript of holy music.
Oxford University academic Dr Matthew Cheung Salisbury discovered the text and helped translate and transcribe into modern notation.
Speaking earlier this year, Dr Salisbury said: ‘One of the most exciting aspects of this collaboration is that we are producing an acoustic, live performance of a piece which Goldie has composed entirely electronically and which we have orchestrated for an ensemble, crossing borders between the recorded and the live.
‘We are building bridges between contemporary electronic music and the concert hall through the medium of medieval chant!’
The performance on 30 August will be delivered by musicians from all over Scotland and be accompanied by a talk from Goldie and a Q&A session.
Previously, Michael Nyman wrote a work inspired by the themes of the project, with the music from the fragment as its starting point.
Look out for our interview with Goldie on his recent collaboration with the Heritage Orchestra.
