Episode 2. Blasting the Romans
Sunday, 14th January 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
This week, John Purser tells us the story of this 2000-year-old Celtic war trumpet.
The carnyx, as tall as a man, with a wild-eyed boar’s head made of bronze, surely terrified the Romans.
We hear of the recent archaeological discoveries in Scotland from Fraser Hunter, and in France from Christophe Maniquet.
To help us imagine how the carnyx would have sounded, John Kenny plays this reconstructed instrument in the depths of Smoo Cave near Durness.
Episode Playlist
- Reflections
Wendy Lawson
Sounds of the Roman World: Music from Archaeology No. 2 (Archaic) - Smoo Cave Carnyx
John Kenny
CD The Kilmartin Sessions (Kilmartin House Trust) - Signals
Nigel Boddice
CD The Kilmartin Sessions (Kilmartin House Trust) - Throat: They Wish the Sun Goodnight
John Purser
CD Forest-River-Ocean (BML) - The Voice of the Carnyx
John Kenny
CD The Voice of the Carnyx (BML) - Throat: Lament
John Purser
CD Forest-River-Ocean (BML) - Forest-River-Ocean: Ocean
Nigel Osborne
CD Forest-River-Ocean (BML)
