185K views · Nov 28, 2019 · 5:13 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2020–2024
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 Hacker News points people here: Cited as an example of the Hagia Sophia acoustic recreation project, where a choir performs with the building's measured impulse response.
“Cappella Romana, a vocal ensemble choir with some researchers had tried to recreate the sounds of Hagia Sophia.”HN comment, 2024
“there's a YouTube playlist of the recording they mention at the end”
Choral recording recreating the acoustics of Hagia Sophia.
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: this video
“used impulse-response recordings from Hagia Sophia to recreate old church music”
Choir recreating church music using Hagia Sophia impulse responses.
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 this video
“Cappella Romana, a vocal ensemble choir with some researchers had tried to recreate the sounds of Hagia Sophia.”
Example performance from the Hagia Sophia acoustic recreation project.
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: this video
