2024 Plug Festival: Calum Huggan & RCS MusicLab

https://www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/plug-7-calum-huggan-rcs-musiclab/

Plug 7: Calum Huggan & RCS MusicLab - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland  

The First Light - for Percussion and Chamber Ensemble   

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation is the afterglow of the Big Bang, pervading the entire universe. After the Big Bang, when the universe had cooled down enough for protons and electrons to combine, the ‘first light’ emerged in our universe. This event is called recombination. The photons have cooled down over billions of years, creating the CMB radiation that we detect today. The CMB today represents the earliest moment in the universe's history that we can observe directly. This first gleam of light embarked from the looming origin, journeying across boundless spacetimes, to now blossom into an omnipresent noise of life and vibrance.   

“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” -- Genesis 1:3   

Mingdu Li - Composer 

Jacobus De Jager - Conductor  

Calum Huggan* - percussion  

Tjasa Pauko - flute 

Caitlin Heathcote - oboe 

Christopher Lo - alto saxophone 

Aidan Fowler - baritone saxophone 

Samuel Anthony - french horn 

Rona Campbell - trumpet 

Robbie Dowell - trombone 

Owen Campbell - tuba 

Isla Hallwell - harp 

Mariia Zhuravlova - violin I 

Lee Young - violin II 

Juliette Lemoine - cello 

Callum Cronin - bass