In addition, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Dave Cuomo will take audiences through a video presentation that gives the illusion of flying around each celestial body. “He uses actual imagery taken from various spacecrafts to render the planets,” explains conductor Lawrence Golan. “As we play a movement for Mars, the bringer of war, there will be this video simulation of flying over and around the planet.”
The last movement of The Planets, “Neptune, the Mystic,” will feature the women of the Colorado Repertory Singers as an otherworldly chorus to portray the planet furthest from the sun. “The women’s chorus is actually played backstage so you just hear this faint, distant sound that gives that spacious effect,” says Golan. Meanwhile, program notes and interesting facts will be posted on Twitter with a live Q&A through the hashtag #DPOtweets, and there will be a space-themed selfie corner where attendees can document the evening.
Blast off to New Frontiers tonight at 7:30 p.m. at KPOF Hall, 1340 Sherman Street. Information and tickets — $10 to $20 and free for children ages twelve and under — are available at denverphilharmonic.org.
Thu., May 22, 7:30 p.m., 2014
