Westminister Cathedral to stage new musical work based on Qur'an

Posted by Robert on May 26, 2007 4:46 PM

Commissioned by the Prince of Wales. What a surprise. The [1] Hermeneutic of Continuity blog reports (thanks to Rather Not Say):

Westminster Cathedral has attracted the notice Private Eye. In the current edition, there is a piece on page 12 "Music and Musicians" reporting on a new work by John Taverner, commissioned by the Prince of Wales that is to be performed in the Cathedral. According to the article:
It is based on the Koran and sets the 99 names of Allah to music, to be intoned over an hour and a half with choir, full orchestra and Tibetan gongs.

The same blog points out that the same Cathedral played host to another form of Islamic expression not too long ago, as we noted [2] here at the time:

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Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/05/westminister-cathedral-to-stage-new-musical-work-based-on-quran.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2007/05/cathedral-in-eye.html
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013152.php