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Wednesday 20 June 2012

London 2012 Festival

The London 2012 Festival bursts into life tomorrow. Over 12,000 events across the UK celebrating the Games – many completely free – with incredible cultural events and top artists from across the world. Wherever you are, whatever you're into, there's something for you. Take your place at the London 2012 Festival – find an event near you.

Here are some that look to me to be particularly interesting:
  • Jonathan Harvey: Weltethos - Weltethos is inspired by the shared spiritual heritage of humanity and founded on texts from six world religions - Confucianism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity.
  • Mittwoch aus Licht/Wednesday from Light - Stockhausen's vision for Mittwoch was "a musical expression of global harmony of love and collaboration in a united humanity."
  • Arthur Bispo do Rosario - Arthur Bispo do Rosário has become one of Brazil´s hottest art exports. Yet Rosário, who spent 50 years of his life in the psychiatric ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, never regarded himself as an artist: he saw his work as the fulfilment of a spiritual task. At the hospital of Colinia Juliano Moreira, he began to work creatively, believing he was on a mission from God. His works soon spread across the entire building. He lived there until his death fifty years later – everything he did and everything he made was in preparation for the Last Judgement.
  • Jubilee Concert - Coventry Cathedral's Jubilee concert showcases Neil Cox's 1980 'War in Heaven' together with the Golden Jubilee commission from James MacMillan (Gloria) as a major part of the Cultural Olympiad in the West Midlands.
  • How Like An Angel celebrates the beauty and grandeur of four stunning English cathedrals. Join performers and singers on a journey of discovery around these sacred spaces. Intensely beautiful music and feats of astonishing acrobatics draw you deep into a world of physical daring and soaring sound, against a backdrop of stunning architecture.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen - 4. Szene "Michaelion" (Mittwoch aus Licht).

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