American astronaut Catherine “Cady" Coleman and Scottish flutist Ian Anderson from the band Jethro Tull played the first-ever flute duet between Earth and space.
The duet played the tune Bourree in E minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was in honor of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, who became the first man to enter outer space fifty years ago today, on April 12, 1961. On that day, President Kennedy congratulated Russian Premier Khrushchev by telegram, and it marked the race between the USA and Russia to put a man on the moon.
A video of today's duet by Coleman and Anderson appears below.
The duet played the tune Bourree in E minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was in honor of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, who became the first man to enter outer space fifty years ago today, on April 12, 1961. On that day, President Kennedy congratulated Russian Premier Khrushchev by telegram, and it marked the race between the USA and Russia to put a man on the moon.
A video of today's duet by Coleman and Anderson appears below.
