Hearing Histories brings the musical past to life, using the archaeological and historical record to reconstruct lost performance spaces and to hear them resounding, once again, with music. Using state-of-the-art Virtual Reality, we have reconstructed both the visuals and acoustics of Linlithgow Palace Chapel and St Cecilia’s Hall and situated historical musical performances within them. Virtual performances on VR headsets have been organised in both venues, and the project has resulted in the release of the first commercial classical CD ever to be recorded and produced in VR using our reconstructed Linlithgow Palace Chapel acoustic.
