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Detail from Jean-Antoine Watteau, 'The Scale of Love', 1715-18
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Event
Released Sounds: Journey through the history of European culture through music
22 Nov 2019
Regular hours
- Fri, 22 Nov
- 18:30 – 19:30
Cost of entry
Standard: £10
Concessions: £5
Address
- Trafalgar Square
- London
England - WC2N 5DN
- United Kingdom
Have you ever wondered how the sheet music embedded in paintings would sound like?
About
Taking inspiration from historical paintings, musicians Maciej and Mateusz Rychły and Elizabeth Seitz present 'Released Sounds', a unique event uniting sound, visuals and early music.
Hear how they have transformed musical manuscripts which feature in paintings, including Watteau's 'Scale of Love' and Holbein's 'Ambassadors', into traditional and folk compositions for guitar and woodwind instruments.
Watch a trailer for Released Sounds
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Released Sounds
Formed by musician, composer, arranger, writer and cultural anthropologist Maciej Rychły, 'Released Sounds' is an instrumental, folk and early music project from Poland and Germany.
Maciej is a founding member of contemporary Polish folk group the Jorgi Quartet, whose music has strong Celtic roots as well as inspiration from African, classical and jazz music. He has reconstructed early-medieval and ancient woodwind instruments with his research regularly published in the Polish Academy of Sciences’ publications.
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Organised in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute
Friday, 22 November 2019
6.30 - 7.30 pm
Location: The National Gallery - Sainsbury Wing Theatre
