The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago

This is a pretty remarkable.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/22/808404928/listen-the-sound-of-the-hagia-sophia-more-than-500-years-agoListen?fbclid=IwAR1eBZY0tKxvCDi7SJJsF8Y-j0lIA6UVU03f3slym4louMTwCH7MLv7EPfw

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many thanks for that - it is fascinating - i checked and the resultant album is available on tidal - “lost voices of hagia sophia” but read the article first for the how

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Fantastic. One of my favourite buildings too, and one that nicely illustrates religious tolerance as well. Ioved the sense of age and space within.

Bruce

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The 48/24 bit flac is stunning, it is all on youtube so you can cast the mp3 to newer streamers to check it out for free.
Istanbul is a stunning city!



No fun in the snow though, I lived for a year on the Asian side.

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Somewhat reminiscent of the BBC R4 programme featuring Susanne Sundfor and ‘her’ Oslo, which had a soundbite on the Vigeland mausoleum; a hard surface space in which the reverberation time constant is measured in 10s of seconds.

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