Star Sound
14 September 2024 5:30-9:00 PM |UVic Finnerty Gardens
4:15-5:00 PM Pre-concert talk with Professor Kim Venn, UVic Astronomy Research Center I UVic Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
SALT Festival Orchestra
In a nighttime park, groups of musicians perform under the open sky, each at a distance from the others, drawing their music from the varying positions of the stars. This concept was envisioned by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen in his seminal work, Sternklang. The SALT Festival Orchestra introduces this immersive experience to Victoria for the first time. Music flows throughout the entire garden as “sound couriers” and “light bearers” carry the sounds from one location to another. The nature- and stargazing audience is invited to inhabit this multidimensional space, whether by walking among the groups or sitting down to the lawn.