May 3 and 4, 2023 - 8:00pm

Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. Toronto ON

Celestial Revolutions was professionally recorded for streaming on Early Music TV (subscription service)

The heavens changed and astronomer Tycho Brahe was the first to notice. Join us for an exploration of his fascinating life and times, with a world premiere of a new commission by Canadian composer Alex Eddington, featuring cymbalom master Richard Moore, actor and singer (baritone) Olivier Laquerre, and direction by Tyler Seguin.

World premiere!

Alex Eddington’s music and text was commissioned with the support of the Ontario Arts Council

Music by Alex Eddington, Gyorgy Kurtag, and late Renaissance composers whose lives and music intersected with Prague during Tycho Brahe’s residence: Phillippe de Monte, Hans Leo Hessler, Giovanni Battista Mosto, J. Regnart, and Carolus Luython.

Actor monologues written by Alex Eddington

The Toronto Consort:

• Michele DeBoer, soprano

• Ben Grossman, artistic direction, percussion, vielle à roue

• Katherine Hill, soprano, bass viol

• Paul Jenkins, tenor, organ

• Cory Knight, tenor

• Esteban La Rotta, lute, Baroque guitar

• Alison Melville, artistic direction, recorders

• Laura Pudwell, mezzo soprano

  with Olivier Laquerre, baritone and Richard Moore, cymbalom, percussion

Concert preview video: Amicitia Chorus 1 by Alex Eddington: