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Available now from Divine Art Record Company -
T.J.Mitchell and
Stuart - Composers/Realisation of The
Rosslyn Motet
Thomas.J.Mitchell
Rosslyn Chapel Music of the cubes Available now
As seen on Channel 4's Decoding Da Vinci, More
4, Fuji Television, Classic FM and 'Secrets of the Code' a film released by
Jonathan Stack.
Dan Bernstein's - 'Secrets of the Code' Out now!
Cymatics Video
This video presentation is an interesting
comparison made between the patterns produced by certain pitches and
frequencies in Cymatics and the symbols on the faces of the cubes. Tommy's
assigned note of the pitch can be heard in the voices of the choir as it
merges with the pitch of the cymatics demonstration. If you listen closely
to the pitch of the oscillator (humming the pitch to yourself) you will
hear the first note of the choir and its relevant cube, are the same.
You might want to turn down your volume
control as the pitch gets quite high and loud toward the end of this
video.
Thomas.J.Mitchell - Music
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Rosslyn and the Grail (Hardcover)
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“There’s no doubt about it:
the [Rosslyn] music is gravely beautiful in its relative simplicity, and
credibly ‘ancient’.
It is performed by an accomplished, pure-toned quartet of
singers. [The Chartres piece] is both sober and appealing. This passes what
might be called a ‘blindfold test’:
I enjoyed the music even before I knew
what was behind it.” – Raymond S. Tuttle (International Record Review)
FORTHCOMING CONCERTS OF THE MOTET AT ROSSLYN CHAPEL
BBC Radio 4 Today Program -
Interview with Tommy and Stuart at Rosslyn Chapel 30th of April 2007
ABC News Video Report on The Rosslyn Motet featuring Tommy and Stuart
ROSSLYN MOTET CONCERT 18TH OF MAY 2007
Featuring a performance of the music along with a talk
about the cubes from Thomas Mitchell and a live demonstration of the
Cymatics phenomenon that decoded the symbols into the final music presented
on the CD.
Rosslyn Motet Concert at
Rosslyn Chapel on the 18th of May 2007 IS
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DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND AN EXTRA
CONCERT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR 1ST OF JUNE 2007
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A Symbolic Symphony in Stone
- 'Frozen Music'
Rosslyn Chapel
holds a musical mystery in its architecture and design. At one end of the
chapel, on the ceiling are 4 cross-sections of arches containing elaborate
symbolic designs on each array of cubes (in actual fact they are rectangles
mostly). The 'cubes' are attached to the arches in a musically sequential
way. And to confirm this, at the ends of each arch there is an angel playing
a musical instrument of a different kind. After 27 years of study and
research by Stuart's father Thomas.J.Mitchell, we believe he has found the
pitches and tonality that match the symbols on each cube, revealing its
melodic and harmonic progressions. It is what we could call 'frozen music',
a little like
cryogenics. The music has been frozen in time by symbolism,
it was only a matter of time before the symbolism began to 'thaw out' and begin
to make sense to scientific and musical perception.
Tommy Mitchell
(Stuart's father) unravelled the music from the symbolism and Stuart has produced the music
using authentic instrumentation
in the 1400's.
Tommy began work on this amazing project over 25
years ago and the Rosslyn Motet is the culmination of a wonderful
collaboration with his son Stuart who is the production manager
of the project.
What does it sound like?
This is the most important aspect of the entire
project for most people and is best explained by listening to the music. The
unusual combination of instruments, their dynamics, tunings and textures
re-create a sound long forgotten from the past. The melodies are simple but
harmonically develops and unfolds in the most simplistic but charming way.
The sequential arrangement of the cubes at many times is a series of
repeated notes/symbols signifying a more functional than aesthetic sense to
the music. Sometimes it sounds a bit like a 'nursery rhyme' and
there is also a feeling of a 'Celtic air' about the music, possibly
connected to Orkney where the Sinclair's home once was. We will be recording the piece as authentically as possible using instruments and the
correct Pythagorean medieval tunings of the 1400's.
Concealed Music?
Why would anyone
want to hide music? Could it be threatening or dangerous to someone or
something? Unless it was very special piece that contained magical,
harmonic and resonant properties that resonated in sympathy with spiritual
beliefs. Was this music 'outlawed' by the Catholic church for some reason?
Or perhaps the
music was not concealed at all and it is simply a musical language awaiting
a musician to understand its meaning.
These are some of
the questions Tommy has approached in his research and has
discovered some fascinating and historical aspects to this elusive musical
enigma.
Tommy's
new
book describes the research and findings he has made within the symbolism of
the cubes and will be available in Autumn 2006.The book explains
in detail how he discovered the pitches to the cubes and its symbolic
musical significance through
the law of resonance and sacred geometry.
Video demonstration of Cymatics
similarity to the cubes |
