Bach the Universe & Everything: Lunar Trailblazers

Bach, the Universe and Everything is back with another season of celestial adventures inspired by the music of JS Bach and the amazing cosmic discoveries of the last 350 years.

In this penultimate celestial Sunday morning with Bach, the Universe and Everything, we consider our changing views of the Moon and exciting discoveries on the horizon with NASA’s new Lunar Trailblazer mission with guest speaker Dr Katherine Shirley, alongside an adventurous cantata performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Bach’s cantata Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (BWV 92) implores its listener to put aside doubts and questions ‘to give over to God’s heart and mind’. In it, Bach displays his remarkable inventiveness handling chorales (with no less than five different settings!) whilst the tenor, bass and soprano soloists take us on a stormy journey to heaven.

Our guest speaker, Katherine Shirley is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford whose work focuses on the Moon, asteroids and comets. She is a member of several NASA and European Space Agency mission and instrument teams, including Lunar Trailblazer.

Presented by Kings Place.

All ages