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News 2005-2009: (CA) Earthly and heavenly interests mingle in Nota Bene concert -- Concert Review (Oct. 19/2009)

Contributed by Admin on Nov 03, 2009


“Live music blended with astronomy?

Not usually, but a great fit Sunday afternoon at the Registry Theatre when Nota Bene Period Orchestra (local Baroque music ensemble under the leadership of Borys Medicky) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Kitchener-Waterloo chapter) teamed up to present a most unusual performance — part concert, part lecture, part visual display.

Some of the motivation was to help celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, marking 400 years since Gallileo was the first to record astronomical observations with a telescope. ..“ (KW Record -- By Stephen Preece, for the Record)

Visit KW Record site for more details. 

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