The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres                                  

Wed Jan 21 at 7pm
Thurs – Sat January 22 – 24 at 8pm
Sun January 25 at 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre

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About the Concert

Directed by Jeanne Lamon
Concept and Musical Programme by Alison Mackay
Sean Smyth, narrator

In the year 1609 two exciting events took place in the city of Venice: the publication of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, and Galileo’s first public demonstration of the telescope from the tallest tower of the city. The worlds of astronomy and music were intertwined throughout the baroque period. Tafelmusik commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's achievement with this stellar concert – a soundscape of music and words from a time of discovery. Time travel with Tafelmusik to the baroque Italy of Monteverdi and Galileo; the England of Purcell and Isaac Newton; and the Germany of J.S. Bach and Maria Winkelmann Kirch.