Brian Eno's APOLLO with NASA footage performed by BJ Cole and Icebreaker premieres in Ireland at The National Concert Hall
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On Tuesday 9 November 2010, 8pm pioneering ensemble Icebreaker and formidable pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole bring their critically acclaimed performance of Brian Eno's album APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES AND SOUNDTRACKS with NASA footage to The National Concert Hall. This unique event, performed for the very first time in Ireland at The National Concert Hall is also one of the key events of Science Week Ireland 2010.
Widely regarded as Brian Eno's best and most influential ambient album, Apollo was written for Al Reinert's documentary on the Apollo space missions, 'For All Mankind'. Music from the album also appeared in the films '28 Days Later', 'Traffic' and 'Trainspotting', whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies.
This show returns the music to its original conception, as a non-narrative counterpart to NASA footage from the Apollo programme which is projected during the performance: matching the mesmerizing beauty and tranquil mystery of the moon and Earth; the dizzying scale and humbling feat of engineering involved in taking people to the moon; and capturing the banality and the humour of the astronauts as they skitter about the moon's surface.
The concert sees the studio bound album uniquely arranged by composer Jun Lee aka kayip (who was specially selected by Eno for this project) for modern classical group Icebreaker and pedal-steel guitarist BJ Cole. This unique multimedia experience is the final frontier for Eno's ambient music milestone. The performance will also feature a Philip Glass composition entitled 'Music with Changing Parts.'
This concert is presented by The National Concert Hall in association with Note Productions and supported by Today FM, The Camden Court Hotel and Science Week 2010. Tickets: €25, €30. [15% discount for Groups of 10 or more and Friends of The National Concert Hall. Concessions available]. Box Office Tel: 01 417 00 00 or www.nch.ie (no booking fees)
For further information please contact Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager, National Concert Hall Tel: 01 417 00 57 or E-mail: sinead.doyle@nch.ie
Brian Eno - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/about-brian-eno
Icebreaker - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/about-icebreaker
B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/bj-cole-pedal-steel-guitar
Jun Lee aka kayip- arranger - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/about-jun-lee-aka-kayip-arranger
Al Reinert - film director - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/about-al-reinert-film-director
Roger Eno - producer - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/roger-eno-producer
Daniel Lanois - producer - http://www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk/content/daniel-lanois-producer-0
Videos:
Some Basic Moon Facts (from www.icebreakerapollo.co.uk) |
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| Mean distance from earth | 240,000 miles |
| Distance from earth in light years | 1.5 light seconds |
| Length of lunar day | 27.3 earth days |
| Radius | 1080 miles |
| Circumference | 6790 miles |
| Weight | 81 quintillion tons |
| Surface temperature (day) | 134° C |
| Surface temperature (night) | -154°C |
| Gravity on surface | 0.1667g (1/6th of earth's) |
| Orbital speed | 22,887mph |
| Driving time by car at 70mph | 135 days |
| Flying time by rocket | 60-70 hours |
| Walking time at 3mph | 8.6 years |
| Men who have walked on the moon | 12 |
| Age of oldest collected rock | over 4 billion years |
| Weight of rocks collected by Apollo missions | 842 pounds |
| Widest craters | 140 miles in diameter |
| Deepest craters | over 15,000 feet |
| Highest mountains | over 16,000 feet |
