Tafelmusik takes
The Galileo Project on tour to Australia and New Zealand in March 2012. They will be stopping in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane (Australia) and finally in Wellington (New Zealand). This tour will also include masterclasses and other special activities.
The Australian tour is presented in collaboration with Musica Viva. The New Zealand stop is presented in association with the New Zealand International Arts Festival.
Thursday March 1, 7:30pm
Perth Concert Hall
Presented in association with the
Perth International Arts Festival
Sunday March 11, 5pm and
Monday March 12, 7:30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Presented in association with
the Adelaide Festival
Saturday March 3, 8pm and
Tuesday March 6, 7pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall,
Melbourne Recital Centre
Thursday March 8, 7pm
Llewellyn Hall,
ANU School of Music
Monday March 5, 7pm and
Saturday March 10, 2pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place
Wednesday March 14, 7pm
QPAC Concert Hall
Friday March 16, 8pm
Wellington Town Hall
Presented in association with
the New Zealand
International Arts Festival
Explore the fusion of arts, science and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries in this imaginative concert commemorating Galileo’s first public demonstration of the telescope. Tafelmusik musicians perform the music by memory to a backdrop of high-definition images from the Hubble telescope and Canadian astronomers. Featuring poetic narration, choreography, and music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Lully and Handel.
Watch an excerpt of this production:
The show will include some special additions to reflect the fact that the tour takes place in the southern hemisphere. The following are images taken by Alan Dyer of the southern sky that will be projected on stage throughout the show.
Click on images below for high res versions.
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| Crux, Southern Cross and Coal Sack | Southern Milky Way over Timor Cottage |
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| Northern Sky from New Zealand | Waxing crescent moon near Venus taken from Coonabarabran |
In its performances around the world, Tafelmusik's Galileo Project has been enriched by the work of many scholars and advisors. We are honoured that Dr. Ray Norris, astrophysicist at CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, and Director of the Aboriginal Astronomy Project at Macquarie University in Sydney has given us his kind advice about elements of Aboriginal astronomy which might be suitable for inclusion in our performances in Australia.
The book Emu Dreaming by Ray Norris and Cilla Norris is a seminal work in the study of this subject and we are deeply grateful for the permission to use a reading from the book in the narration of our concert. For more information about Emu Dreaming please click here.
In addition to performing concerts in every city, Tafelmusik will be taking part in special events and activities throughout their tour. Below are some of these events, in addition to information on all of their performance venues.
(Thursday March 1, 2012 at 7:30pm)
Perth Concert Hall
This concert is presented in association with the Perth International Arts Festival
(Saturday March 3 at 8pm and Tuesday March 6, 2012 at 7pm)
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
(Monday March 5 at 7pm and Saturday March 10, 2012 at 2pm)
City Recital Hall Angel Place
(Thursday March 8, 2012 at 7pm)
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
(Sunday March 11 at 5pm and Monday March 12, 2012 at 7:30pm)
Adelaide Town Hall
This concert is presented in association with the Adelaide Festival
(Wednesday March 14, 2012 at 7pm)
QPAC Concert Hall
(Friday March 16, 2012)
Wellington Town Hall
Presented in association with the New Zealand International Arts Festival
These pre-concert talks feature Alison Mackay, creator of The Galileo Project and a member of CAASTRO (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics). CAASTRO is uniting the world’s top astronomers in a focused collaborative environment, and is changing the way we understand the Cosmos. For more information on the speakers click here.
Star Parties will occur immediately following certain concerts, outside of the venue. Musicians from Tafelmusik may be present, along with astronomers and a telescope (weather permitting).
