Jonathan Harvey's “Ritual Melodies” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1990, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
To work sometimes with pure synthesis is a valuable insight into the mysterious relationship between beauty and number, musical expression and precise quantification of every aspect of the sound (nothing is left to chance).
About Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, on 3 May 1939. Harvey was a chorister at St. Michael's College, Tenbury (1948—52), then proceeded to Repton and later to St. John's College, Cambridge.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.