Bach Chaconne at Teufelsberg Abandoned Listening Station

Teufelsberg is an abandoned listening station in Berlin, which was used by the US to spy on East Berlin. Built on the remains of a Nazi bunker, it is now disused, and has become popular with tourists. The top of the tower is a circular dome with unbelievable acoustics (20 second reverb!), and I thought it would be fun to take my violin up there and try and make it through the Bach Chaconne.

This recording was intended to be a practice; I have a full version of the piece I recorded later in the day. As is often the case, however, the practice turned out to be more honest and interesting than the real thing. I didn't even know that my friends were in the room, let alone that this take was being recorded! There are a fair few mistakes, but it's a record of an experience, and it was a lot of fun to do.

Audio recordings: John Nguyen
Video: Luce Rash, Jade McInally

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Music

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• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Chaconne
• Classical
• teufelsberg
• berlin
• germany
• tower
• violin
• sonata
• partita
• music
• reverb
• reverberation
• acoustics
• abandoned
• bach
• js
• skyline
• east
• spy

[tehtrintran]

Wow, just...wow. This has got to be one of the most surreal things I've ever seen/heard. You are awesome.