The Colour of Distance is an autobiographical journey from London to the Outer Hebrides explored through a unique & original combination of symphonic music and natural sound lasting over an hour in duration.

In it the audience travel through a 3 Dimensional space where the music forms the landscape within which the natural sounds emerge and dissolve around them as the journey unfolds. As the natural sound contained within the score evokes the landscape, so the music itself is an expression of my own experience of these contrastingly different and beautiful environments.


Amidst the raucous cries of market traders in London’s Soho or listening to the plaintive call of a Golden Plover on a windswept mountain, each individual will ultimately create their own vision in response to the immersive Surround Sound audio experience.


The symphony is introduced by the actor John Hurt reading the haunting poetry of John O’Donohue the Irish philosopher and poet . It is performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under the baton of its principle conductor Gerhard Markson. The natural sound was specially recorded by award winning Chris Watson (BAFTA Best Sound David Attenborough’s “Life of Birds”) and Geoff Sample (Collins Bird Guides).


The Colour of Distance is an evocative synthesis of sounds and orchestral music facilitated by techniques at the cutting edge of technology. The work was mixed in both stereo and DTS 6.1 surround sound at Abbey Road Studios, London.