A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox

Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox and the Sydney Symphony in a special live event that combines ground-breaking science with the power of a live orchestra.

Through the latest imagery of the stars and some of the greatest orchestral music ever written, Professor Cox examines the links between cosmology and music to explore what it means to live a finite, fragile life in an infinite, eternal universe.

In A Symphonic Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox, spectacular imagery is displayed on a giant video screen suspended from the ceiling of the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. In front of the screen is the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey. Through music and words, Brian and the orchestra take turns telling a dramatic story about the origin of the universe through black holes to the end of time.

The central idea behind A Symphonic Odyssey is that music and science are two of the ways we explore; both are necessary, neither alone is sufficient. We won’t find meaning through the lens of a telescope, but neither will we find meaning if we avert our eyes from nature and, through fear or lack of curiosity, refuse to contemplate the universe beyond.

[CAST & CREW]

Presented by Prof. Brian Cox

Conductor: Benjamin Northey

Soprano: Jess Hitchcock

Executive Producers: Brian Cox, Steve Bibb

Produced by Barking Mad Productions, Apollo＇s Children Film © 2023