Cultural Overload: Glass / Neto / Ryman / Beethoven / trains / science + art

Stuff I've done and have been meaning to write up for a while ...

Some of these events were part of See Further: the festival of science + arts, at the South Bank Centre, celebrating 250 years of the Royal Society. There were furry pterosaurs! There were aerial jellyfish! There were a great many people ...

Beautiful Noise
RFH, 30th June
Panel discussion on the evolution and science of music: speakers were Dr Ian Cross (Faculty of Music, Cambridge), Prof Emily Doolittle, (Cornish College of the Arts), Prof Steven Mithen (Archaeology, Reading) and Prof Vincent Walsh (Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL).
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Icarus at the Edge of Time
RFH, 3rd July
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New work by Philip Glass, much more dynamic than many of his pieces. ( Read more... )

Ernesto Neto - The Edges of the World: The New Decor
Hayward Gallery, 4th July
Ernesto Neto
The New Decor
On the Sunday ladymoonray and I went to the Hayward to do some Art, which involved a large paddling pool on one of the balconies( Read more... )

When It Changed
RFH, 4th July
When it Changed - ed. Ryman
Geoff Ryman, Sara Maitland, Michael Arditti, Dr Vinod Dhanak, Dr Matthew Cobb: panel discussion rooted in Mr Ryman's new anthology, which pairs scientists and writers in collaboration. ( Read more... )

The Railway Children
Waterloo Station, 7th July
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With real steam train! Yay! The play's staged in the old Eurostar terminal at Waterloo( Read more... )

Beethoven choral stuff
Cadogan Hall, 8th July
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London Concert Choir and Counterpoint Players, cond. Mark Forkgen: Claire Seaton (sop), Arlene Rolph (mezzo), Adrian Thompson (tenor) & Giles Underwood (baritone).
Mass in C, A Calm Sea & A Prosperous Voyage, Leonore No. 3, Fidelio finale.
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I am not going to London again for a while ...