A celebrations of music under the stars in Armagh

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Armagh Observatory & Planetarium (AOP) is set to hold a live music event in its dome on August 19 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of astronomer and musician, William Herschel.

Renowned for discovering the planet Uranus, Herschel was also an accomplished composer.

The event will see Sligo Baroque Orchestra perform a programme of music in the Observatory. This will include Herschel’s symphony No. 14, along with a movement from a string symphony and from his second oboe concerto. The concert will also see what is believed to be the first performance since the 18th century of Herschel’s Violin Concerto in G major – with Nicola Cleary as soloist.

The orchestra will perform symphonies by two of his contemporaries, Johann Christian Bach, and Carl Friedrich Abel.

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