Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 7th Aug, 2015. Edinburgh International Festival: One of the most ambitious arts events of 2015, The Harmonium Project is a huge sound and light spectacular created by 59 Productions, the multi-award winning artists behind the video design of the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the record-breaking David Bowie exhibition at the V&A, and the recent Tony Award-winning production of An American in Paris. Credit: Andrew O'Brien/Alamy Live News
Edinburgh International Festival 2015. Edinburgh Friday 7th of August : One of the most ambitious arts events of 2015, The Harmonium Project is a huge sound and light spectacular created by 59 Productions, the multi-award winning artists behind the video design of the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the record-breaking David Bowie exhibition at the V&A, and the recent Tony Award-winning production of An American in Paris. On Friday 7 August a recording of John Adams’s mesmerising choral work Harmonium, recorded specially by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus conducted by Peter Oundjian, was relayed across Festival Square as the façade of Usher Hall is transformed by a series of spectacular projected artworks which displayed a digital representation of the experience singing has on the human mind and body.
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