Nitin Sawhney performs a heart attack-inspired piece in the Hallé show

An award-winning composer will perform in a one-off show with a piece of music he says was inspired by his heart attack.

Producer, DJ and songwriter Nitin Sawhney will perform the original composition when his band collaborates with the Manchester-based Hallé Orchestra in the city in December.

The show was originally canceled after he suffered a heart attack in May and then spent time recovering from surgery.

Sawhney, who won a Mercury Prize in 1999 for his electronic album Beyond Skin, said the composition “captures the feeling and internal psychology of a heart attack.”

Sawhney has collaborated with artists such as Paul McCartney, Sting and Annie Lennox and has released more than twenty albums in a genre-defying career.

The Rochester-born musician’s collaboration with the Hallé takes place on December 5 at Bridgewater Hall.

He said the orchestra was “one of his favorites”, and he was looking forward to performing the original composition with them.

He said: “I focus musically on what was happening around me at the time in relation to how I was treated medically.

“But also the aftermath in relation to my mental and emotional state.”