Song of the Tower Bells, part 2

Ending of the European Capital of Culture 2011 year in Freedom Square, Tallinn, Estonia.

In order to celebrate the European Capital of Culture year, we are inviting everyone to Tallinn`s Freedom Square today at 20:00 to listen to the premiere of Margo Kõlar`s musical composition "Song of the Tower Bells", written specially for this event.

For nearly 20 minutes, ten churches around the city will be filling the Old Town with a unique sound: the harmonious concert of the bells of the city's church towers, some of which have gone unheard for years. They will once again ring out and be heard by all of the old Hanseatic city's residents with the help of modern technology. The churches and cathedrals participating in this unique performance include St. Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral, the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, the Roman-Catholic Church of St Peter and St Paul, Episcopal Dome Church, St. Olaf's Church, the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, the Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church of Charles XI and St. John's Church.

The audio-visual experience will be made complete by a video mapping by artist Taavi Varm who will be using the architecture of St. John's Church as a unique canvas. As such, Freedom Square will be the meeting place for ancient and modern Tallinn and both remote and contemporary culture.

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