Tinie Tempah will be among the acts performing over the weekend of 23–24 June 2012 at Hackney Marshes.
Elsewhere, the BBC will be celebrating Shakespeare during the London 2012
Festival, with an extensive range of
programmes across television, radio and online. The season includes four
of
Shakespeare’s history plays and a world-class cast, including Jeremy
Irons,
John Hurt and Julie Walters.
BBC Proms, the world’s largest classical music festival, will also be
part of
the celebrations.
The programme includes Daniel Barenboim leading the
West Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth on
the
opening day of the London 2012.
Taking place over the weekend of 3–4 March 2012, Music Nation
will be an unprecedented collaboration of the UK’s orchestral and
music-making community, devised and led by the BBC. It will be the first
nationwide countdown event to the London 2012
Festival, with content
being specially recorded for BBC Radio 3.
'Unique celebration'
The BBC has been working in partnership with the London 2012 Organising
Committee (LOCOG) to create a range of programming to complement the
Cultural Olympiad across the UK next summer.
Mark Thompson, BBC Director General,
said: ‘Coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games and the Cultural Olympiad
represents
the biggest single broadcast event in the BBC’s history. We want to
bring this
unique sporting and cultural celebration to every household in the
land.’
Multi-award winning band Elbow have been chosen to provide the
soundtrack to London 2012 on the BBC, with a specially commissioned
piece of
music which will be used across Games content.
Ruth Mackenzie, Director, Cultural
Olympiad and London 2012 Festival, said: ‘The host nation broadcaster is not
only adding to the quality and breadth of the Festival programme, but
also committed to providing extensive coverage of the London 2012 Festival
through the festival period.’
Read the full BBC press release
Find out more about the London 2012 Festival
