Theology, Modernity, and the Arts Project
2015: Easter at King’s
DITA Director Jeremy Begbie introduces the Theology, Modernity, and the Arts project, and the steering committee for the project meets in Trinity Hall to determine the specific goals and guiding questions for the project.
Engaging Eliot Installation
A gallery of luminous portraits inspired by T. S. Eliot and created by Makoto Fujimara and Bruce Herman are installed in King’s College Chapel. Actress Juliet Stevenson reads excerpts from Eliot’s Four Quartets, and esteemed theologian Rowan Williams offers a short address.
Sir James MacMillan conducts a new setting of the St. Luke Passion in King’s College Chapel, and broadcaster Donald Macleod chairs a panel including DITA and King’s faculty for a public discussion of the work.
St. Luke Passion Gospel Setting and Panel
“Visions de l’Amen” in King’s College Chapel
Micheal O’Siadhail reads poems from his work in progress, the Five Quintets, and Cordelia Williams performs original work by DITA Director Jeremy Begbie in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The evening is a cornerstone event in the Theology, Modernity, and the Arts project and the Easter at King’s festival.
Five Quintets and Original Works
Simulating the piece’s original debut, DITA Director Jeremy Begbie and London-based concert pianist Cordelia Williams perform Olivier Messiaen’s piece for four hands in the Engaging Eliot gallery in King’s College Chapel.