The Orchestra 4+

Classical music reimagined

NatureGuides Ltd.

Designed for iPad

    • £9.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Classical music reinvented. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the world-renowned Philharmonia Orchestra, performing extracts from eight works representing three centuries of symphonic music.

Features:

• An orchestra at your command: Experience classical music like never before with fascinating features, including video, synchronized score, simplified score and commentary by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

• Expert explanations: World-class musicians explain their role in the orchestra and demonstrate how their instruments work. Use a keyboard to play samples of the instruments, and view each one in glorious detail with 360° rotations.

• Discover the BeatMap: This groundbreaking visualization of the performances shows different sections of the orchestra pulse in time with the music, helping you understand the complexity of each piece. Hold down your finger to hear different sections of the orchestra in isolation.

• Unparalleled access: Watch beautiful multi-camera video of the acclaimed Philharmonia Orchestra, and switch effortlessly between different angles and sections of the orchestra.

• Discover the story: Read insightful text on the pieces, composers and instruments specially written by Mark Swed, music critic of the LA Times.

The Music:

• Haydn: Symphony No 6 (1st movement)
• Beethoven: Symphony No 5 (excerpt from 4th movement)
• Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique (March to the Scaffold)
• Debussy: Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
• Mahler: Symphony No 6 (exposition from 1st movement)
• Stravinsky: The Firebird (excerpt)
• Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra (2nd movement)
• Salonen: Violin Concerto (2nd and 3rd movements)

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What’s New

Version 2.0.1

Put the Orchestra in your pocket! We’ve redesigned the app so it now works on iPhone as well as iPad. There’s a clean new look and feel and we’ve made a load of improvements under the hood. We hope you love this new version as much as we do.

Ratings and Reviews

4.9 out of 5
76 Ratings

76 Ratings

Adisha K. ,

Beautifully constructed app!

This is a great informative app for anyone interested in learning about the orchestra. Cleary a lot of hard work has gone into its production and this is evident throughout. I really like the introductions to each orchestral instrument and the techniques used in the sound production. Also good are the selection of orchestral pieces that can be studied by professional musicians and beginners alike. Overall a very worthy five stars.

Tadiuz ,

It’s a fabulous app for iPads.

Makes me wish I had gotten a 12.9 inch iPad Pro to fit more instrumental staves.

It just needs more pieces added and maybe a feature to adjust the tempo so we can follow every part more easily.

Great work.

ssarah34 ,

Beautiful app

It’s a beautifully done app. Very useful too. I only wish they had more pieces! Otherwise it’s absolutely perfect.

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