The Galileo Project
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.
The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres features poetic narration, choreography, and music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel.
“It’s breathtaking…the achievement here is enough to make the stars weep.”
– Sarah Liss, cbc.ca
Winner of the 2012 Helpmann Award in Australia for Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert.
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Program
Below are program listings and notes from Tafelmusik’s performances of The Galileo Project in Toronto in March 2011. These provide a sense of the concert as a whole, a list of sample repertoire, and background to the project. Excerpts may be used for press releases or marketing.
Note: The documents may not be used for house programs: presenters will be sent program material specific to their performances.
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