CATHEDRAL TO HOST WORLD PREMIERES; 08 Days A Week.Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Catherine Jones is an English television news journalist, currently a reporter and presenter on Five. Born on 12th January 1971 and brought up in Essex, Jones started her professional career in the newsroom of Buckinghamshire based local radio station Mix 96 in 1994. Culture Reporter MORE than 60 events are being organised in the Archdiocese to mark Capital of Culture year. Music, art, history, heritage, prayer, spirituality and care for others are all being celebrated in dozens of events organised by people across the Archdiocese. Archbishop Patrick Kelly said: "The Lord came to give us life in abundance. His followers cannot fail to play a full part in every endeavour to deepen life in all its variety in this Year of Culture." The full programme, which is available at www.archdiocese-of-liverpool.co.uk/ 08calendar.pdf, includes two world premieres at the Metropolitan Cathedral. The first, which is sold out, is on February 28, when the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra based in Liverpool, England, is one of the world's oldest established orchestras. It is part funded by the local authority, and is administered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (RPLS), a registered charity. Orchestra performs John Taverner's Requiem. On Saturday, December 13, the cathedral will host the premiere of a choral work by Sir Peter Maxwell-Davis. Rick Wakeman performs the New Gospels Oratorio oratorio (ôrətôr`ēō), musical composition employing chorus, orchestra, and soloists and usually, but not necessarily, a setting of a sacred libretto without stage action or scenery. on July 24. From Thursday, October 2 the cathedral crypt will host Le Corbusier - the Art of Architecture, an exhibition of the French architect's life and work. On alternate Sundays in May and June, Catholic heritage and the current work of the Liverpool Archdiocese will be celebrated in a series of five Walks of Faith. The first, on May 4, has the theme Our History as Catholics in Liverpool. The series ends on June 29 with a walk from Liverpool Parish Church to the Metropolitan Cathedral. Throughout the year there will be a series of talks on prayer and spirituality at venues across the city and beyond. In August and September St Francis Xavier in Salisbury Street will play host to an exhibition Held in Trust - 2008 years of sacred culture. Among the artefacts on display will be a book of Homilies A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; - both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine." See also: Homily of Pope Gregory from 1170, St Thomas More's hat and gold crucifix, a vestment made for the opening of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey, Elizabeth Plantagenet's Books of Hours, Catherine of Aragon's chasuble, Cardinal Wolsey's Book of Hours book of hours, form of prayer book developed in the 14th cent. from the prayers of clerics appended to the main service. The subjects of the miniature illustrations (see miniature painting) were frequently derived from the appendix of the Psalter. and the relic of the Holy Thorn for which Sainte Chapelle in Paris was built. Thought for 08 "Now that 08 is finally here I can't help feeling 'yippee' for the opportunity we have. But I also fear about the opportunity we may have lost. Only time will tell. But, for now, I am going to support and enjoy what we have." James Barton, Cream co-founder DOING anything to celebrate 2008 Capital of Culture? If so, let us know. Our promise for 2008 is to cover all your events in the Liverpool ECHO or online at www. liverpoolecho. co.uk. E-mail our backpack reporter Sam at samantha.parker@ liverpool.com or call on 0151-472 2407. 08 Diary Feb 16: Stanley Spencer, Tate Liverpool (until April 27). 0151-702 7400. Feb 16: Clifford Sayer, John Jennings & Dave Donnelly, The People's Centre Gallery, Mount Pleasant (until Feb 22). Feb 16: Move-Me.com Dance Booth, FACT (until March 15). 0151-707 4450. Feb 16: Out of Body, Open Eye Gallery, Wood Street (until March 22). Feb 16: 2pm and 7.45pm - Three Sisters on Hope Street, Everyman. 0151-709 4776. Feb 16: Ben Johnson Residency, Walker Art Gallery (until March 7). 0151-478 4199. Feb 16: Taking Stock, Cornerstone Gallery (until March 28). Feb 16: sk-interfaces, FACT (until March 30). 0151-707 4450. Feb 16: Five Chinese Artists, Egg-Space, Egg Cafe, Newington (until march 2). Feb 16: 2pm and 8pm - Stags and Hens Stags and Hens is a play by Willy Russell. It was originally written in 1978 for an in-house television piece for Manchester Polytechnic's television and drama students. Plot The play is set in a trashy 70s disco in Liverpool (England). , Royal Court (until March 1). 0870 787 1866. Feb 16: Ghislaine Howard - Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross depictions of episodes of Christ’s death. [Christianity: Brewer Dictionary, 1035] See : Passion of Christ , Liverpool Cathedral (until March 23). Feb 16: 2pm and 7.30pm - Testing the Echo, Playhouse. 0151-709 4776. Feb 16: CAMRA beer festival, Metropolitan Cathedral. Feb 16: 7.30pm - Tender, Lipa. 0151-709 4988. Feb 16: 7.30pm - Madama Butterfly, Empire Theatre. 0844 847 2525. Feb 16: 8pm - Outlines, Unity Theatre. 0151-709 4988. Feb 16: 7.30pm - Symphonic Variations, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. 0151-709 3789. CAPTION(S): PACKED PROGRAMME: The Metropolitan Cathedral |
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