CELESTIAL HARMONIES
a workshop on the Byzantine liturgy and its historic setting
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2008
MAUGHAN LIBRARY, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON EC2
The Weston Room
The Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, London EC2
11.00-18.00
11.00 welcome Judith Herrin (King¹s College London) and Alexander Lingas (City University London)
11.10-12.30
Christian Hannick (Würzburg) The development of the kontakion
Leslie Brubaker (Birmingham) Icons and sacred space
Discussion
12.30-13.30 lunch (sandwiches tea and coffee will be provided)
13.30-15.30 Mary Cunningham (Nottingham) Inspiration or education? The place of homilies in the Byzantine liturgy
Béatrice Caseau (Paris) Around the altar
Marlia Mundell Mango (Oxford) Silver plate used in the Byzantine liturgy
Discussion
15.30-16.00 tea/coffee
16.00-17.30 Introduction to the new musical setting of the Byzantine
Divine Liturgy in English, including live performance of major excerpts and discussion of the received traditions of Byzantine singing and their adaptation to English
Alexander Lingas; John M. Boyer, Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco; Themistoklis Prodromakis, Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, London, and Corrigan Research Fellow, Bionics, Imperial College, London; James Heywood and George Zacharias, Cantors, Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, London
Conclusion (all speakers with Judith Herrin and Alexander Lingas)
NB On Saturday 8 November the Lord Mayor¹s Parade will effectively block Fleet Street and the Strand, so access to the Maughan Library by car will be difficult (Chancery Lane is one-way going north). It will be easier to approach from High Holborn (underground station Chancery Lane) and walk south.
Tickets can be booked online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/bmgs/harmonies.html
This event is part of the Byzantium Comes to Britain program is sponsored by the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise, on the occasion of the Royal Academy exhibition, Byzantium 330-1453
a workshop on the Byzantine liturgy and its historic setting
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2008
MAUGHAN LIBRARY, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON EC2
The Weston Room
The Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, London EC2
11.00-18.00
11.00 welcome Judith Herrin (King¹s College London) and Alexander Lingas (City University London)
11.10-12.30
Christian Hannick (Würzburg) The development of the kontakion
Leslie Brubaker (Birmingham) Icons and sacred space
Discussion
12.30-13.30 lunch (sandwiches tea and coffee will be provided)
13.30-15.30 Mary Cunningham (Nottingham) Inspiration or education? The place of homilies in the Byzantine liturgy
Béatrice Caseau (Paris) Around the altar
Marlia Mundell Mango (Oxford) Silver plate used in the Byzantine liturgy
Discussion
15.30-16.00 tea/coffee
16.00-17.30 Introduction to the new musical setting of the Byzantine
Divine Liturgy in English, including live performance of major excerpts and discussion of the received traditions of Byzantine singing and their adaptation to English
Alexander Lingas; John M. Boyer, Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco; Themistoklis Prodromakis, Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, London, and Corrigan Research Fellow, Bionics, Imperial College, London; James Heywood and George Zacharias, Cantors, Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, London
Conclusion (all speakers with Judith Herrin and Alexander Lingas)
NB On Saturday 8 November the Lord Mayor¹s Parade will effectively block Fleet Street and the Strand, so access to the Maughan Library by car will be difficult (Chancery Lane is one-way going north). It will be easier to approach from High Holborn (underground station Chancery Lane) and walk south.
Tickets can be booked online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/bmgs/harmonies.html
This event is part of the Byzantium Comes to Britain program is sponsored by the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise, on the occasion of the Royal Academy exhibition, Byzantium 330-1453
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