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Performances

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    Fully interactive video playback

    Swipe and pinch to customise the video view. Choose to minimise the videos to enjoy more of the score or go full-screen on any choice in landscape.

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    Mesmeric synchronised BeatMap

    Each individual note is highlighted as it’s played giving instant insight into how the music and the orchestra work together.

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    Synchronised full score and curated score

    The score is synchronised exactly to the music. Choose from the perfectly reproduced full score or follow the conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s, choice of instruments.

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    Enlightening audio commentaries

    Listen to Esa-Pekka Salonen's thoughts about each piece or choose to hear some of the musicians’ opinions as they react to the music.

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    Simplified score

    Created for those who can’t read music the simplified score is easy to follow but also fascinating in its own right.

“Informative and hypnotic…
I recommend it to everyone”

The Daily Telegraph

Haydn

Symphony No. 6

1761

Beethoven

Symphony No. 5

1808

Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique

1830

Debussy

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

1894

Mahler

Symphony No. 6

1906

Stravinsky

The Firebird

1910

Lutosławski

Concerto for Orchestra

1954

Salonen

Violin Concerto

2009

Esa Pekka Salonen & Philharmonia Orchestra. Sections & Instruments

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    Listen to the musicians talk about their instrument

    World-class musicians explain their role in the orchestra and demonstrate how their instruments work.

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    Beautiful pinch-zoomable rotations

    View every instrument in glorious detail around 360°.

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    Playable samples

    Use the keyboard to play samples of the instruments.

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    Video showcase of instrument highlights

    View the carefully selected best bits for each instrument.

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Don’t just take our word for it

“An instant classic… It’s very impressive. The interface is completely intuitive and the content superbly integrated.”

The Guardian

“The Orchestra iPad app is mindblowing – follow the music and the score with comments & film of the orchestra playing. Wow.”

Stephen Fry (@stephenfry)

“The Orchestra is an iPad app of extraordinary scope and ambition… When Touch Press launched its first app, The Elements, to coincide with the release of the iPhone, Stephen Fry said it was so good that it was worth the price of an iPad by itself. There are likely to be plenty who would make the same claim for The Orchestra.”

The Daily Telegraph
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