Galileo is celebrating its 15th anniversary!
Galileo celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on the evening of October 31, 2010, and began its artistic journey with a flourish—see this invigorating fourth movement of Jupiter performed for the occasion https://youtu.be/pOsskd8UeBE.
To celebrate and to tide you over for the announcement of its next concert, why not a little well-known aria? Here it is, arranged in fugal form and performed on sampled harpsichord, highlighting the Orchestra's period orchestral quality.
Galileo
Formerly known as the Orchestre symphonique de la Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent, Galileo is the only Canadian ensemble specializing in the historically informed performance of repertoires ranging from approximately 1680 to 1935, from the Intermediate Baroque to the Roaring Twenties.
Founded and directed by Daniel Constantineau, Galileo is part of the international "HIP" (historically informed performances) movement, which includes such renowned ensembles as Les Siècles, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and the Haydn & Handel Society, to name a few, all of which are revolutionizing, in their own way, the interpretation of both minor and major masterpieces of symphonic music.
Daniel Constantineau
“A conductor with irreproachable rhythm, precise and attentive direction, Daniel Constantineau allows the orchestra to maintain free and natural expression from beginning to end of every piece on the program, revealing himself as a sensitive interpreter and an outstanding musician in every way.”
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This is the praise from the formidable (and intimidating!) music critic Claude Gingras in June 1997, from La Presse newspaper, concerning the first concert given by Daniel Constantineau and the Orchestre philharmonique du Grand Montréal...
