A Colour Symphony Welsh Symphony Orchestra. The last movement, "Green", was separately published as "Pyonepsion". In 1977, a ballet called "Royal Offering" was created, with music based on "A Colour Symphony". A short extract from the 'Red' movement was used as the opening music to BBC TV coverage of The Proms until 2011. The British artist Kevin Laycock created a visual piece called "Four Movements in Colour", in which he attempted to portray, in colour, the sounds created by Arthur Bliss. In 2004, Laycock created a series of paintings called "Tectonics" as a direct response to Bliss's "A Colour Symphony" using parallel compositional
Earl of Charlemont (ship) Earl of Charlemont (ship) The Earl of Charlemont was a medium-sized, 878 ton passenger ship, which sank on a voyage to Australia. The ship was built at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1849. It sailed from the Port of Liverpool on 13 March 1853 with 366 passengers plus crew, captained by William Gardner. The first port of call was to be Port Phillip, Australia, before continuing to Sydney with the majority of the passengers. After a passage of 97 days the ship reached Cape Otway on 17 June, and set a course for Port Phillip some 56 miles away.