DESCRIPTION:
Tafelmusik performs Claudio Monteverdi: Ciaccona, after Zefiro torna & Tarquinio Merula, Ciaccona.

This performance is from The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres. Directed by Jeanne Lamon. Conceived, scripted and programmed by Alison Mackay. Narrated by Shaun Smyth.

The Galileo Project:
Violin I: Jeanne Lamon, Patricia Ahern, Geneviève Gilardeau, Aisslinn Nosky
Violin II: Julia Wedman, Thomas Georgi, Christopher Verrette, Cristina Zacharias
Viola: Patrick G. Jordan, Elly Winer
Violoncello: Christina Mahler, Allen Whear
Double Bass: Alison Mackay
Oboe: John Abberger, Marco Cera
Bassoon: Dominic Teresi
Lute / Guitar: Lucas Harris
Harpsichord: Charlotte Nediger (CD tracks 3, 5-8, 10-11, 16-16, 20-22, 24-25), Olivier Fortin (CD tracks 1, 9, 17)