Experience the famous orchestral suite “The Planets” by Gustav Holst, played by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, as an interactive audio walk in a park near you, increasingly all over the world. All you need is a smartphone and headphones.
In seven parts the seven planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are characterized musically. In our app you can find these planets distributed in the park and visit them.
Immerse yourself in an intense musical experience of The Planets.
You can freely move around and explore the immersive sound field of the orchestra.
Get on a shuttle that will take you through space. You navigate it with your feet, walking.
Play an auditory treasure hunt that takes you from planet to planet via binaural 3D audio. Listen to the direction from which you hear speech and music and find your destination.
Float on the music, through space, in the park near you.
The app is bilingual German/English. English is activated as soon as the phone system language is not set to German.
Find your nearest park here:
(the app guides you there)
Earth Globe View generously provided by Mapster: https://wpmaps.mapster.me/
If you are missing a localization near you, please contact planets@sofilab.art.
Further questions are answered here: https://the-planets.app/questions-and-answers
Was that a great experience! Really very exciting, very varied on the one hand the “pathfinder” routes, then the relaxation on the planets, in between a variety like a Jupiter moon. In the end a fulfilling experience! – THANK YOU!
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THE PLANETS
Orchestral suite by
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Concert recording of the
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
February 14-16, 2020
Philharmonie im Gasteig Munich
Munich Philharmonic Choir
Rehearsal: Andreas Herrmann
Conductor:
Krzysztof Urbański
Narrator:
Stefko Hanushevsky
Recording producer:
Johannes Müller
Recording Engineer:
Christiane Voitz
Idea, Text, Music:
Gunter Pretzel
Dramaturgy, Sound design, Mix:
Mathis Nitschke
Programming:
Michael Klier
Visual Programming:
Luciano Pinna
Graphic design:
Anja Gerscher
Artistic direction:
Mathis Nitschke
Production:
Sofilab UG
Münchner Philharmoniker
supported by the FFF Bayern
