Beginnings.Young German composer Uwe Steinmetz's Genesis combines imagination with vision. His seven movements for strings and wind instruments are preceded by readings from the Qur'an in Arabic, the Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit भगवद् गीता in Hindi, the Torah in Hebrew and the New Testament in English (no Greek-speaker was available). They tell similar stories. On a screen are projected some of the 137 woodcuts executed by Herman Fechenbachs between 1926 and 1936, before he was forced to flee from Germany. They illustrate the Book of Genesis Noun 1. Book of Genesis - the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers Genesis . The music itself draws on Gregorian chant Gregorian chant: see plainsong. Gregorian chant Liturgical music of the Roman Catholic church consisting of unaccompanied melody sung in unison to Latin words. , Indian ragas and jazz motifs. Several art-forms contributing to one powerful experience. HUGH WILLIAMS AT THE RENEWAL ARTS FORUM IN CAUX, SWITZERLAND Caux is a small village in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Looking out over Lake Geneva from an altitude of 1000 meters, the Caux conference centre of Initiatives of Change[1] can accommodate up to 450 people. |
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