Canadian ensemble Tafelmusik will take you on an epic space odyssey, performing
period music before stunning images from the Hubble deep
space telescope. Combining music, photography and story-telling, The Galileo
Project brings to life the brilliant minds of the early astronomers and the
music that inspired them, as a large-scale, ever-changing backdrop of stars and
planets unfolds.
The publicity states "Using the best of
Bach,
Handel,
Monteverdi and
Vivaldi, come
and hear the tunes that were probably stuck in Galileo’s head when he discovered
the moons of Jupiter." Now you are probably thinking, like White Hat how
could tunes of composers who hadn't been born yet be stuck in his head. However
we are sure that this program has been meticulously researched so all will be
revealed. The program will also feature works by Lully,
Purcell,
Rameau,
Telemann & Michelangelo Galilei
brother of the astronomer). From the reputation of the group and the reviews of
this concert, White Hat suggests you go out of your way to attend.
[For those wanting a little background
to the history of the concept that over the centuries was known as The Music
of the Spheres, White Hat suggests that you consult the
program notes of Music of the Spheres
- given by Ars Nova of Melbourne. This concert is unrelated to the one above
but was also based on the relationship composers, mathematicians and scientists
long saw between music, mathematics and the heavenly bodies.]
7.30pm, Thursday 1st March 2012,
Perth Concert Hall,
Perth
8pm,Saturday 3rd March, & 7pm, Tuesday 6th March 2012, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre,
Melbourne
7pm, Monday 5th March & 2pm, Saturday 10 March 2012,
City Recital Hall, Angel
Place, Sydney
7pm, Thursday 8th March 2012,
Llewellyn Hall, ANU
School of Music, Canberra
5pm, Sunday 11th March & 7.30pm, Monday 12th March 2012,
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
Wednesday 14th March 2012, QPAC
Concert Hall, Brisbane |
