Orchestra Wellington performs “Odes to Joy” in 360°

Orchestra Wellington performs “Odes to Joy” in 360° Virtual Reality

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is without question one of the monuments of the Western canon and the history of music is impossible to consider without acknowledging its genius, sublimity and influence. On the 11th June, Orchestra Wellington performed “Odes to Joy” at the Michael Fowler Centre. Wellington film maker Brady Dyer was called on to capture the performance with a virtual reality 360° camera rig.

Placed among the musicians, you can look around a t them, the choir, conductor and audience as you listen to a beautiful performance of an epic and much loved piece of music recorded by RNZ Concert.

This progressive and innovative audience experience from Orchestra Wellington - putting the audience in the middle of the orchestra - is a New Zealand first, and one of the first times world-wide that this virtual reality/360 degree tech has been used in this way.

LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLB3g0KqmY
http://www.bradydyer.com/wellington-photography-portfolio/orchestra-wellington-performs-odes-to-joy-beethoven-symphony-no-9-in-360-vr/

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