Music of the spheres

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This sumptuous feast of fine music celebrates the heavens and sings to the stars above in a performance bookended by new works about our relationship with the cosmos. Beginning with the stunning voice and presence of Emma Donovan singing a new song of ancient stories, Music of the Spheres weaves together music from across the centuries. Glorious renaissance motets and exquisite arias from Handel, Mahler and Strauss prepare the scene for a centrepiece world premiere of a new operatic work Glimpses & Dialogues from ‘Galileo’ written by long time WA Opera director Richard Mills (Batavia, Song of the Nightingale). Emma Donovan and Richard Mills are joined by West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Emma Matthews, Shanul Sharma, Samuel Dundas and a choir of Angels and Demons in a concert that encapsulates the expanse of human wonder at the universe around us.