Episode 48: New Religions?
Sunday, 9th December 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
John Purser looks at how music has inspired religions, both traditional and invented, including Norman Shaw’s electronic psalm on Saturn and Bill Sweeney’s choral Salm an Fhearainn – psalm of the land. Bill Drummond talks about the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and the Church of the KLF and finally Christianity gets a look in with James MacMillan’s percussion concerto for Evelyn Glennie, "Veni, Veni Emmanuel".
Episode Playlist
- Nimrod 33 [Norman Shaw] - Salm on Saturn
Nimrod 33
CD Hauntophonies
hidden h015 Track 10 - William Sweeney - salm an fhearrain
Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener
CD 20th Century Scottish Choral Music
Linn CKD 014 Track 10 - Brian McNeill - Muir and the Master Builder
Dick Gaughan
CD Prentice Piece
Greentrax CDTRAX 236D Disc 1 Track 11 - Cauty/Drummond - The Queen and I
The JAMs
LP 1987 (What the F*ck is Going On?)
The Sound of Mu(sic) JAMS LP1 Side 2 Track 2 - Cauty/Drummond/Brubeck/Brown - Don’t Take Five (Take what you want)
The JAMs
LP 1987 (What the F*ck is Going On?)
The Sound of Mu(sic) JAMS LP1 Side 1 Track 3 - Cauty/Drummond/Lyte - 3am Eternal
The KLF
CD The White Room
KLF Communications JAMSCD006 Track 3 - Cauty/Drummond: Church of the KLF
The KLF
The KLF
KLF Communications JAMSCD006 Track 4 - James MacMillan - Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Evelyn Glennie, percussion Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
CD Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Music of James MacMillan
Catalyst 09026 61916 2 Track 7 - bell montage including:
St Finnan’s Bell
St Adomnan’s Bell (8th century)
Skellat bell
Fortingall bell (7th century)
Forteviot bell (c. 900 AD)
little Dunkeld bell (9th century)
