Created by bass clarinettist and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz, the sound map will reveal human voices and distant sonorities that have inhabited the Baths for thousands of years. The performance with spatial audio will take place by torchlight, featuring world-class musicians Angharad Davies violin, Bruno Guastalla cello & electronics, Emi Watanabe japanese flutes, Mark Sanders percussion and Chris Cundy bass clarinet & field recordings.
Resampling subterranean frequencies from the site and gathering insights from museum experts and historians, Chris, Adam and the ensemble will present the voices of the hot spring and the goddess Sulis Minerva herself, through a process of curiosity, improvisation and sonic intervention.
Chris Cundy said: “Over the past few months myself and Adam have spent many hours at the Roman Baths exploring the archives and making field recordings from all round the site. We’re presenting a piece of work which reveals a heightened sense of this, a reworking of natural sounds captured both below and above the water. It’s been an incredible experience to explore such an iconic site like this through the intimacy of sound.”
The event takes place at the Roman Baths on Wednesday 25 October from 8pm.
