Minster to echo to the sound of heritage
Posted on 16 September 2009
I Hear Too: Live which is organised by AudioLab researchers in the Department of Electronics at the University of York, will feature seven specially commissioned music, performance, and sound-art installation works in various locations in the Minster.
Over the course of the evening, the programme will explore, interpret and re-examine the space, architecture and daily life of the Minster
Dr Damian Murphy
They include Octo: Sotto Voce, an 8-channel sound installation presenting an audio montage of whispered voices in the Chapter House, and A Ripple on the World’s Pool, an audio-visual piece in The Quire based on the sound of the Minster bells.
The event is the culmination of the I Hear Too Research Cluster, funded by the Science and Heritage programme sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
The initiative involved researchers, artists and scientists, as well as partners from industry, museums and heritage venues. They worked together to explore the role that acoustics, audio, music and sound-art have in our understanding and experience of heritage.
Dr Damian Murphy, who is leading the I Hear Too project, said: “We are trying to engage the audience – and visitors to this stunning heritage site – in new and unique ways. These new works have been designed to exploit the canvas of York Minster itself and to get people to think again about what role this iconic building has in our society.
“Over the course of the evening, the programme will explore, interpret and re-examine the space, architecture and daily life of the Minster. We shall encourage the audience to sit, walk or interact with the works as appropriate - this is not intended to be a traditional concert experience!”
The Dean of York Minster, the Very Reverend Keith Jones, added: “York Minster praises God through the stone and glass and wood of which it’s built; but just as much by the sounds that fill it and the amazing art to be found in it. I Hear Too Live will explore the Minster’s spaces in all sorts of exciting ways. Heritage it is – but something fully alive and astonishing.”
I Hear Too Live starts at 8pm on 7 October. Tickets at £10 (£5 concessions) are available now from the York Minster Box Office, Church House Ogleforth, York YO1 7JN. Contact telephone: 0844 939 0015 or online: www.boxoffice.yorkminster.orgNotes to editors:
- More about I Hear Too’s activities at http://iheartoo.blogspot.com/
- More about the University of York’s Department of Electronics at http://www.elec.york.ac.uk/
- More about the Arts and Humanities Research Council at http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx
- More about the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm
- More about York Minster at www.yorkminster.org
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