20.12.2023
Gemäldegalerie
Just in time for the festive season, Sounding Images – A Musical Tour through the Masterpieces of the Gemäldegalerie marks the first collaboration between the Gemäldegalerie and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin. The Gemäldegalerie and the RIAS Kammerchor invite the public to come along on a collectively developed audio tour to explore the story of Christmas.
Sounding Images gives visitors to the Gemäldegalerie the opportunity to embark on a synaesthetic journey of discovery about the story of Christmas that brings together music and visual art. The tour sheds light on a range of events in the story of Christmas. Experts from the worlds of art and music have created a tour that directs visitors’ eyes and ears towards surprising visual and aural details; alongside art-historical commentary, as they explore the space, visitors can also hear Christmas music performed by the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, which has been chosen to complement specific paintings.
Six paintings are discussed in German and English, among them works by Sandro Botticelli, Hugo von der Goes, and Konrad Witz. The accompanying music includes pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms.
The audio tour is available both on the free listening devices provided on-site at the Gemäldegalerie and online at www.klingende-bilder.de. This audio tour is planned as a pilot project, offering a preview of a more comprehensive audio tour on the Passion of Christ that will be released for Easter 2024.
A collaboration between the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and Deutschlandfunk Kultur.