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Re-opening Plans

Bishop Kevin has given approval for St Mary’s to begin to re-open from Sunday 16 August 2020. He has approved the re-opening plan that was prepared by the St Mary’s Compliance Group.

In the intial phase of re-opening there will be two services a week, both on a Sunday morning. These services will take place at 9 am and 11 am and will be kept this week as the Feast of the Assumption.

The capacity for these services will be 50 people. Those wishing to attend will need to book a space. Details of how to book will be made public on Friday. Before Friday, the People’s Warden will be trying to contact those whom we know who have had no internet access to services, to offer them a priority booking.

Online Worship will continue for those who do not feel they can attend in-person worship at this time.

After a couple of weeks of services taking place in the cathedral building, the next priority will be to enable services for those who have been waiting for a baptism for many months.

At this time it is still not possible to offer any events or activities in the Synod Hall.

More details of how to book for services and some more detail about what those services will be like on Friday 14 August 2020.

Information about booking will be sent to everyone on the cathedral email list. There is a sign-up form for this on this website.

Online Worship – 9 August 2020

The worship for 9 August 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A Hymn – Mallaig Sprinkling Song
  • A video for members of the Young Church and their households

The Provost leads this service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Vice Provost. Suet-Lin Teo reads from the Bible, and Sister AJ leads the Intercessions. Saz Weir sings the Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus from the Mass of St Thomas by David Thorne and ‘Riversong’ by Andy Beck at Communion. Frikki Walker is the pianist and organist for this service.

Moving images used in this online service highlight seas and rivers from around the world.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 9 August 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

Hymn – Mallaig Sprinkling Song

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online Survey – August 2020

Congregational Survey - August 2020

A re-opening plan is currently being devised by members of the Vestry that will be submitted to Bishop Kevin in order to seek permission to re-establish some services in the cathedral building. The Scottish Government and the Scottish Episcopal Church require such things as hand sanitizer being available and used, 2 meter distancing in church, face masks being worn and clear protocols about entering and leaving the building and about receiving communion. At the moment, music can only be from instruments that are not blown by the mouth and only one singer is permitted. After a service a congregation is required to disperse. Church buildings have to be cleaned before and after use. Services are likely to be shorter than our busiest services used to be and will be limited to 50 people in the building at any one time.

It is clear that not everyone who used to attend the cathedral in person will feel able to come to services at the moment and some form of online worship will continue. Initially provision will focus on Sunday worship and services to allow the baptisms of those who have been waiting to be baptised. Re-opening other services and activities will be a gradual process. The re-opening activities will be kept under review and the pattern of what is possible in church will depend on the levels of the covid crisis, government and church guidelines and the capacity of both members of staff and volunteers.

This survey is to help in planning the next few months.

Please fill in this survey for yourself as an individual. If there is anyone else in your household who relates to St Mary's then please ask them to fill it in themselves.

Online Worship

I have engaged with the Cathedral's weekly offering of Online Worship
I find the online worship nourishes me spiritually
I will continue to engage with Online Worship, even when the building re-opens for public worship
It is important for Online Worship to be a service of Holy Communion
I am willing to contribute videos to Online Worship
I have watched the Young Church videos
Which of the following have you engaged with (check all that apply)
I have engaged with Online Worship from other congregations

Re-opening for Public Worship

If there were worship in church in the next few weeks
Before the Covid crisis, I attended St Mary's...

Other questions and comments

Submit this survey

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The cathedral's privacy policy can be found at https://thecathedral.org.uk/privacy-policy/

Online Worship – 2 August 2020

The worship for 2 August 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A Hymn – Alleluia Sing to Jesus
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households

The Vice Provost leads this service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Provost. Michael Shanks reads from the Bible, and Taylor Driggers leads the Intercessions. Jennifer Taylor sings the Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus from the Mass for Sarum Use. At Communion, she sings O Mysterium ineffabile by Lallouette. Frikki Walker is the pianist and organist for this service.

The gospel for this service is the story of the five loaves and two fishes and images of bread have been contributed by David Coleman, Scott Banford, Roger Edwards, Gordon McDougall, David Hanson, Alan Richmond, Patricia Lynch, Christine McIntosh, Debbie Lewer, Elspeth Gibb, Pete Smith, Dawn Driggers, Nigel Raynor, Helen Leslie, Anne Jones, Suet-Lin Teo, Gillian Hollis, Stewart McFarlane and Franny Mawditt.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 2 August 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

Hymn – Alleluia Sing to Jesus

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Last

If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online Worship – 26 July 2020

The worship for 26 July 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A Hymn – Guide me, O thou great redeemer
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households

The Provost leads this service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by Sister Helena Barrett OSB. Heather O’Connor reads from the Bible, and Debbie Lewer leads the Intercessions. Magnus Walker sings the Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus from a mass setting by Christopher Tambling (1964-2015). At Communion, Rosamond Thomas sings ‘O love of God, how strong and true’ to the tune de Tar by Calvin Hampton. Frikki Walker accompanies both singers. The Organ Voluntary at the end of this service is played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music.

Images of flour and bread-making are used in this week’s service, featuring the reading of the parable of the yeast.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 26 July 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

Hymn – Guide me, O thou great redeemer

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

First
Last

If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online worship for 19 July 2020

The worship for 19 July 2020 can be found in two videos:

  • A Communion Service led by Bishop Kevin from St Mary’s Cathedral
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households

This week the Eucharist takes the form of a service led by Bishop Kevin from the altar of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow. This is the service which that is being offered for the whole of the Scottish Episcopal Church today. It has been prepared by a member of staff of the General Synod Office in Edinburgh – which is why it is in a slightly different format to our usual services and also why it will not be available until 11 am on Sunday.

The readers are Anne Jones, Marion Noble from the diocesan office and the Provost, the intercessions are led by Robert Mawditt. Music comes from Frikki Walker, Magnus Walker and Rosamond Thomas.

The Service

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Re-opening St Mary’s

The Provost and Vice Provost have begun a series of conversations about how to try to re-open the cathedral for face-to-face worship. This will involve the Leadership Group, the Vestry, the Compliance Group and many individuals who will have roles to play in bringing this about. The guidelines on re-opening churches were published on Tuesday this week and can be read here:
https://www.scotland.anglican.org/revised-guidance-for-phase-3-out-of-lockdown/

This is not a trivial task and is particularly difficult for larger congregations. St Mary’s normally has around 200 people present for worship on Sundays. The number of people who can be seated at 2 meter distancing in the pews is 44. This gives some idea of how complicated re-opening will be.

A video has been prepared by the Scottish Episcopal Church giving some idea of what can be expected once churches do re-open. This is worth watching and can be seen here:

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Last

If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online Worship – 12 July 2020

The worship for 12 July 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A Hymn – Now the green blade riseth
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households

This week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by Sister Helena and Sister Alison Joy, members of the Companions of Our Lady and St Mungo. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon. Helen and Bob Leslie read from the Bible, and the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, leads the Intercessions. Mezzo-soprano Rosamond Thomas sings the Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus from a communion setting by Grayston Ives. Frikki Walker accompanies her and Magnus Walker, who sings music at Communion. The Organ Voluntary at the end of this service is played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music.

Time-lapse images used in this week’s service highlight plant life and its growth.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 12 July 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

A Hymn – Now the green blade riseth

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Last

If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online Worship for 5 July 2020

The worship for 5 July 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A hymn
  • A video for members of the Young Church and their households

The preacher at this week’s service is the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, who took up this role on Wednesday this week. Bishop Kevin and his wife Elspeth will join the online coffee hour and will be in conversation with the Provost there at 12 noon. Details of how to join have been sent to all on the Cathedral online mailing list. To sign up for this mailing list, please go to the online sign-up form.

The celebrant at this week’s service is the Provost, who conducts the service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, assists with the service. David Nassar reads from the Bible and Pat Bennett leads the Intercessions. Magnus Walker sings the music for the Ordinary, a setting by Malcolm Archer. The music at communion is sung by the Vice Provost. The hymn, played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music, is ‘Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of Creation’ (Lobe den Herren).

This week’s photographs feature some of the places that Bishop Kevin will come to know well during his time as our bishop. During the Gloria, we go doon the watter; during the Sanctus and Benedictus, there are some photographs from the south of the Diocese.

The photo of the town of Moffatt is by James Johnstone and is used here under the license CC BY 2.0.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 5 July 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

A Hymn – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of Creation

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Last

If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Online Worship – 28 June 2020

The worship for 28 June 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An organ voluntary
  • A video for members of the Young Church and their households

This week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Rev Matthew Little. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Provost. The Vice Provost reads from the Bible and Sister AJ (Companions of Our Lady and St Mungo) leads the Intercessions. Robert Guthrie sings the music for the Ordinary, Mass I (Lux et Origo) in English (Saint Meinrad Kyriale) and in Latin. Music at communion, ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’ (tune: The Rowan Tree), recorded by Christine and Frikki Walker. An Organ Voluntary, played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music, comes from a CD recording entitled ‘On a Lighter Note’. The photo, ‘Refuweegee’ by @dullhunk, appears in the Sermon under the license CC BY 2.0. Following the stabbing attack in Glasgow at a hotel used as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers during the coronavirus lockdown, other images (from various sources) focus on the welcome of refugees and migrants.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 28 June 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

An Organ Voluntary

Young Church

The following video has been prepared for members of the Young Church by Sarah Weir. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive futher details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3

Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.

Bodies in Transition

A podcast series from St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow and the Iona Community

Art historian Dr Deborah Lewer, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow, leads viewers through three different Christian festivals this summer by examining works of art.

The Visitation


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

Corpus Christi


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

The Transfiguration


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

From the composer
The chant, Quicumque christum quaeritis, is a setting of a colourful 12th-century poem, the hymn to the Transfiguration, which speaks of primordial chaos, boundless sky, and eternal glory. The music is in four short movements, each a digital ‘transfiguration’ of the plainchant melody and the cyanotype image. The chant is first sung, as if liturgically, but by many voices belonging to just one person—an ancient unison by modern means. The second movement reimagines the chant as a canon, each voice comprising a synthesised waveform with the characteristics of a theremin, accompanied by a human voice that never breathes. The third movement uses colour and brightness information from the cyanotype image to modulate each note of the plainchant, a polyphonic cacophony of voices. The frequencies responsible for the timbre of each note and of the drone beneath are taken from a frequency-space representation of the image obtained by a mathematical transfiguration—the two-dimensional Fourier transform. A fundamental pillar of our understanding of our world and the technology that connects us, the Fourier Transform represents information using a sum of wave-like patterns. The fourth movement is a series of disjoint ‘pixels’ whose waveforms are generated from the wave-pattern within the image, with the red, green and blue components each represented by their own series of pitches.

—Alexander MacLaren