Popularly known as ‘Sleepers Awake!’ after the famous opening chorale fantasia, Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ has come to be closely associated with the Advent season although written for performance in November. At its heart are two duets for soprano and bass soloists depicting a dialogue between Jesus and the Soul.
Our guest speaker, Affelia Wibisono (from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) will introduce her work studying the x-rays given off by planets to better understand their atmosphere, surfaces, rings, moon, magnetic fields and aurora.
