X-Ray Planets

Bach, the Universe and Everything continues with ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ (Awake, calls the voice to us), one of Bach’s best–known cantatas, thanks in part to the famous chorale fantasia with which it opens.

Popularly known as ‘Sleepers Awake!’, and, although written for November, Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’it has come to be closely associated with the Advent season. At its heart are two duets for soprano and bass soloists depicting a dialogue between Jesus and the Soul.

Our guest speaker, Affelia Wibinoso (from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) will introduce her work studying the x-rays given off planets to better understand their atmosphere, surfaces, rings, moon, magnetic fields and aurora.