The scholar Paracelsus wrote about the mysterious harmony between humans and cosmos: "Man eats and drinks from the elements to sustain his life, and from the celestial bodies he eats his contemplating and his thoughts in his mind." The ancient idea of music as a material echo of "harmony of the spheres" is still very much alive with tonight's composers and the poetic lyrics of their songs mirror this. The musicians of CONSORT ALTER KLANG draw upon an incredibly delightful repertoire and find the right key for each planet. Dreamy or happy, earthly harsh or airily elated. And when the sun resplendently races along its path and smiles at the whole world, whose heart does not open?