Where:
Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
$30-35
Categories:
Music, Performing Arts
Event website:
www.oldpostroad.org
Discover cutting-edge scientist-musicians of the 18th century and rarely-heard Baroque music inspired by gazing at the sky! Our season finale spotlights the little-known musical voices of scientific luminaries such as William Herschel, J. D. Berlin, C. F. Baumgarten, and John Marsh, along with a suite by J. C. Schmidt written for the 1719 Dresden Festival of the Planets, and a Planetary ariette by Rameau. Astronomical imaginations! Music for soprano, flutes, strings, and harpsichord performed on period instruments.