Music of the Spheres Aurora Orchestra

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter:
• 1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": 1. Allegro vivace11:25
• 2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": 2. Andante cantabile10:15
• 3Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": 3. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio04:09
• 4Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": 4. Molto allegro08:14
• (b. 1966):
• 5Journey (CP1919)09:28
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Third Booke of Songs, 1603
• 6John Dowland: Third Booke of Songs, 1603: 2. Time Stands Still (Arr. Muhly)03:37
• Thomas Adès (b. 1971): Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths"
• 7Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths": 1. Rings03:51
• 8Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths": 2. Paths09:55
• 9Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths": 3. Rounds04:32
• David Bowie (1947 - 2016):
• 10Life on Mars? (Arr. Barber)03:41
• Total Runtime01:09:07

Info for Music of the Spheres

Soar to cosmic heights of wonder and ponder the celestial sounds that have mesmerised philosophers since ancient times in our most visually striking Orchestral Theatre production to date.

For the Greek philosophers and their later admirers in the Renaissance, music was of profound importance, woven into the fabric of the cosmos as elemental sounds produced by the stars and planets themselves. This enduring concept of the ‘music of the spheres’ provides the starting point for this orchestral adventure that roams from Mozart to Max Richter, with elements of design, lighting, animation and audio narration that places our orchestra inside imagined visions of the universe.

At the heart of the concert is a memorised performance of Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ symphony, the composer’s final and arguably greatest single musical achievement. This most perfectly-crafted expression of symphonic form is presented here entirely from memory: a performance style we’ve pioneered in recent years as the first orchestra in history to play whole symphonies without the aid of sheet music.

The programme also includes genre-bending composer Max Richter’s Journey (CP1919), a new work written for this project to be performed in the dark, and Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’, a soaring modern masterpiece performed by Pekka Kuusisto – one of the brightest stars in today’s musical firmament.

‘There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.’ – Pythagoras

Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Samuel West, audio narration

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