Dates

• 2 Sep 2021, 9 p.m., Online, Worldwide, None, Video performance

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Repertoire The Big Bang, by Eddie McGuire; Orbit, by Eddie McGuire; Five Stars in Auriga, by Eddie McGuire

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Description

A sequence of three of my works inspired by astrophysics are featuring at this September's Orkney International Science Festival. They are The Big Bang for solo trumpet a journey from the start of the universe to the flowering of human life today; Orbit in which 2 trumpeters revolve and orbit each other, but unlike the comets that crashed into Jupiter, spin off into deep space. Bede Williams performs these; but then there is Auriga - the Five Stars played by the Wallace Collection brass quintet in which each instrument portrays the character of the 5 stars. Interweaving between the pieces are narratives from science history devised by Howie Firth including a look at the telescope maker James Veitch in celebration of his 250th anniversary; Mary Somerville ''the queen of science'' and Michael Scot, the 12th century astronomer who translated Aristotle's 'Physics'.

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Performers Bede Williams, The Wallace Collection

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Promoter Orkney International Science Festival

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Submitted by Eddie McGuire