A Composer Received a Recording of a Symphony in the Mail — Performed by an Orchestra That Doesn't Exist
Julian Reeve, 58, a composer and professor of music at a conservatory in Amsterdam, received a padded envelope in the post in February 2020. No return address.
Inside: a USB drive. No note.
He plugged it in. It contained a single audio file — 43 minutes long, a full orchestral symphony in four movements. High-quality recording. Live performance, not synthesized — he could hear the acoustics of a concert hall, the slight ambient sounds of an audience settling.
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