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
Akka (ship) Akka (ship) MV Akka was a cargo ship built in 1942 at Stockholm and measured 5,409 gross tons. On 4 April 1956, "Akka" left Oxelosund with a cargo of iron ore bound for Glasgow. The ship entered the Clyde on 9 April 1956 and that evening ran onto the rocks. With the ship damaged and taking on water fast, Captain Sundin gave the order to abandon ship. Minutes after running aground "Akka" turned to port side and collapsed, hitting a number of lifeboats which were attempting to move away from the ship. Three crewmen were killed on site, with a