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Final Teleutaion Antiphon Before the Entrance

Final Teleutaion Antiphon Before the Entrance

Cappella Romana - Topic
1 HN recommenders · discussed 2020–2024
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About this video

A choral recording by Cappella Romana from the album Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia. It is part of a project recreating Byzantine chant using the acoustics of the Hagia Sophia.

Why it appears in the archive

Cited as an example of the Hagia Sophia acoustic recreation project, where a choir performs with the building's measured impulse response.

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rosybox · 2020-03 · rec

Just listening to the balloon pop in the Hagia Sophia was amazing to hear. Are there any other structures with similar acoustics that still holds performances? Also there's a YouTube playlist of the recording they mention at the end, the Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: [VIDEO]

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elihu · 2022-09 · reference

There's a singing group from Portland that used impulse-response recordings from Hagia Sophia to recreate old church music as it would have sounded back when it was controlled by the Eastern Orthodox church. [LINK] [VIDEO]

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rdtsc · 2024-05 · reference

Somewhat related, a while back Cappella Romana, a vocal ensemble choir with some researchers had tried to recreate the sounds of Hagia Sophia. They mapped the interior to model the reverberations properly. [LINK] ( [LINK] ) Example of their performance: [VIDEO]

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