Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra to honor Galileo with authentic period music
Nov 10, 2013
There may be many ways to honor Galileo Galilei’s (1564-1642) contributions to the study of the heavens, and listening to classical music under the stars seems to be a very romantic and fitting one.In fact, Galileo was a true music lover, with his father being a respected lute player-composer and his brother and nephew both famous musicians of their times. Since 2009, the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s improvement of telescopes, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra from Canada has been creating a sensat