Several passages evoke the wild power of the sea, the connecting element between Celtic people.
Ymadawiad Arthur' with lyrics from the Welsh epic poem, describes the death and last journey of King Arthur. Cor Gardrer Garth, the Welsh choir who first performed this piece in Lorient have since added this song to their regular repertoire. The stirring musical confrontation between the City of Glasgow Pipes and Drums and the Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Briochan and Columba', has similarly become a popular annual fixture in Glasgow. The sense of journey and the setting are given further expression through short readings of poetry from medieval times, translated from Old Irish and accompanied by the unique sound of the metal-string Irish Harp. It is not only an immense achievement musically and spiritually, but is the outworking of one man's vision to squeeze life and a sense of culture from the footnotes of history.