Music and Nature
The Music and Beyond Festival has partnered with our museum to create a unique online experience, “Music and Nature”. With the festival cancelled this year and the museum presently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, amazing performances of music and dance by leading artists were safely recorded in our world-class galleries and inspiring spaces. Learn more.
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A sublime dance
The Swan
Enjoy an enchanting performance of The Swan in our beautiful rotunda by Sonia Rodriguez, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Her dance was accompanied by Julian Armour on the cello and Frédéric Lacroix on piano. This is one of the first videos released for this year's Music and Beyond Festival.
Inspired by birds
A trumpet fanfare in our Queens' Lantern
Karen Donnelly, principal trumpet player with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, performs a rousing fanfare in our Queens' Lantern. Donnelly composed this special piece for this year's virtual Music and Beyond Festival, inspired by the sounds of birds in her backyard.
Nature stretching
Arctic-plant poses
Black spruce "tree pose" ... Arctic poppy "sun salutation" ... Arctic plants are well-adapted to life on the tundra. Discover how some popular stretching poses resemble certain Arctic flora. Try the poses yourself!
Behind the scenes
Macoun's Shining Moss
Surprisingly, the only two instances in which the moss species, Neomacounia nitida, was collected were in 1862 and 1864 by the renowned naturalist and botanist, John Macoun. It was found near his hometown of Belleville, Ontario, and never seen again! For now, the species is considered extinct.
Editor: Laura Sutin
Questions or comments can be sent to lsutin@nature.ca
Photos :
Music and Nature images: Music and Beyond Festival
Black spruce photo: Paul Sokoloff
