OXFORD, Miss. – The Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble performs Nov. 8 in
the Seymour Lawrence Gallery at the University of Mississippi Museum to
celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with celestial music from
the time of Galileo and Kepler.
The
performance is set for 2-4 p.m. Admission is free to the public.
Astronomical images from deep space will provide the backdrop for the
music of Frescobaldi, Marini, Castello and other Italian composers
performed on recorders, viola da gamba, and harpsichord. Before the
concert, Marco Cavaglia, UM assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
will demonstrate antique astronomical instruments in the museum’s
Millington-Barnard Collection of Scientific Instruments.
The
University Museum is at Fifth Street and University Avenue. For more
information or for assistance related to a disability, contact Susan
Marchant at susanmarchant19@yahoo.com or William Andrews at
wpandrew@olemiss.edu.