February 28, 2009 at 8pm
Niagara Centre for the Arts
Niagara Falls, ON
For tickets, click here to visit the Niagara Concerts website.
The Galileo Project
Directed by Jeanne Lamon
Programme conceived by Alison Mackay
Sean Smyth, narrator
| Vivaldi | Concerto for 2 violins in A Major, op. 3, no. 5: Allegro – Largo |
| Lully | Excerpts from Phaeton |
| Gallot | La Comète |
| Monteverdi | Ritornello, from Orfeo |
| V. Galilei | Ricercare |
| Merula | Ciaccona |
| Monteverdi | Ciaccona, after Zefiro torna |
| Marini | Passacaglia |
| Monteverdi | Moresca, from Orfeo |
| Purcell | Song Tune “See, even night herself is here,” from Fairy Queen Rondeau, from Abdelazar |
| Rameau | Entrée de Jupiter, from Hippolyte et Aricie |
| Handel | Allegro, from Concerto grosso in D Major, op. 3 no. 6 |
| Rameau | Entrée de Mercure, from Platée |
| Zelenka | Allegro, from Trio Sonata in F Major |
| Rameau | Entrée de Venus, from Les surprises de l’Amour |
| Telemann | Allegro, from Concerto for 4 violins in D Major |
| Lully | Air pour les Suivants de Saturne, from Phaeton |
| Weiss | Allegro, from Concerto for lute in C Major |
| Anon | The Astronomical Drinking Song |
| J.S. Bach | Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, after BWV 1 Sinfonia, after BWV 29 |