Divine Beauty brightens winter

In January, nearly 3,000 visitors enjoyed a spectacular light and sound experience at Birmingham Cathedral called Divine Beauty at Night.

The production, by the worldrenowned artistic team at Luxmuralis and generously supported by National Lottery players, via The National Lottery Heritage Fund, also raised over £5,000 towards the upcoming conservation work on the cathedral’s four stained-glass windows.

Divine Beauty at Night was an immersive light and sound experience. The 15-minute show, which included specially-composed music and imagery from the four remarkable windows, projected floor to ceiling at the East end (front) of the Cathedral.

The production also paid tribute to their designer, Edward BurneJones, and revealed aspects of their creation nearly 130 years ago – over 150 years after St Philips was built and consecrated as a Parish Church.

Visitors described the performance as a ‘lovely way to experience the cathedral in a new way’, and a ‘wonderfully serene experience with mesmerising colours and patterns’, with many requests for the show to be brought back again in future.

This year is going to be a busy year for Birmingham Cathedral as the Divine Beauty Project moves into the important conservation stage.

This spring, scaffolding will be put up inside the cathedral to allow specialist conservators to get up close