In 1985 William Jackson
composed the Wellpark Suite, which was the first large scale work
combining traditional and classical musicians, and was widely acclaimed as an exciting new
departure in the development of Scottish Music.
In 1990 St Mungo was
commissioned to celebrate the city of Glasgow's tenure as European city of culture.
The piece is inspired by
tales from the life of Glasgow's patron St Mungo, also represented in the coat of
arms of the city:
The city's motto 'Lord
let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of thy Word and the Praising of thy Name' is
sung in Gaelic by Mae McKenna - 'A Thighearna fasadh Glaschu gu math le searmonachadh
ur facal is le moladh ur ainm'
The introduction of Mae
McKenna's beautiful vocals in this piece also marked a new development in William
Jackson's music.
