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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "News"
date = "2016-08-06T13:43:00+01:00"
lastmod = "2016-08-09T09:12:00+01:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1470487987954/2016-08-06---MELD.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2016-08-09T09:12:00+01:00"
related_articles = ["articles/in-review-baby-kintyre.md","articles/great-ideas-a-streamable-opera-miniseries.md","articles/theres-still-no-opera-on-netflix.md"]
short_description = "With multiple cameras placed around Royal Albert Hall, The Space has captured a concert experience where &quot;the end result places the audience at the heart of the experience, giving a vivid sense of the movements and interactions\tof the musicians and singers\twith the space.&quot;"
slug = "cool-concerts-meld"
title = "Cool concerts: MELD"

youtube_url ="https://vimeo.com/171614403"
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*The Times* called it "an avant-garde happening that left one speechless with its epic zaniness," and now viewers around the world can see for themselves the curiosity that's inherent in [*MELD*](https://vimeo.com/171614403). Captured by [The Space](https://www.thespace.org/), the filmed concert is the brianchild of composer Benedict Mason and director of photography Andreas Schimanski. *MELD* was commissioned for the 2014 BBC Proms, and was performed in London's Royal Albert Hall with the [Aurora Orchestra](/aurora-orchestra-fun-frankenstein/) and [Chantage](http://www.chantage.org/) choir. The piece is part of Mason's "Music for Concert Halls" series, and *MELD* explores a novel use of traditional spaces and the integration of the audience into the performance itself.

With multiple cameras placed around Royal Albert Hall, The Space has captured a concert experience where "the end result places the audience at the heart of the experience, giving a vivid sense of the movements and interactions	of the musicians and singers	with the space."

In a word, it's mesmerising. And we certainly wish we were there!
