Moonlight and Sentiment

The new solo recording by Michael Begg, Moonlight and Sentiment, is now available on general release. A CD edition is released by Klang Galerie (http://www.klanggalerie.com) while Omnempathy handles download/streaming editions. …

Black Glass in Pieces

The Black Glass Ensemble played a two day showcase as part of the Made in Scotland programme at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The group played material from Arise From …

Black Glass Rising

Black Glass Ensemble perform LIGHT WATER IS BLACK WATER for the first time in front of a live audience on June 4th. The show will be at The Queen’s Hall, …

Light Water Is Black Water

A recording of Michael Begg’s Light Water Is Black Water, a commission from the Ocean ARTic Partnership has been released by Omnempathy on all streaming platforms, including Apple Music and …

Be Mine In Patience Live

On September 18th 2021 Black Glass Ensemble gave the first live performance of Be Mine In Patience at the launch of The Queen’s Hall new gallery installation space. Where might …

New Music Scotland Awards

Be Mine In Patience, the audacious collaboration launched by Michael Begg and the Black Glass Ensemble during the global lockdown was recently shortlisted for TWO New Music Scotland Awards. The …

Be Mine in Patience: an Embrace in B minor

Prior to the 20th century, and the emergent dominance of equal temperament, the association of emotions with particular musical keys was common practice. The Black Glass Ensemble recently revisited this …

Witness 3

Available from June 5th 2020 Witness 3 Michael Begg and Clodagh Simonds https://omnempathy.bandcamp.com “And you are watching, are one of the watchmen, you find the next one by brandishing a …