A projected lightshow will accompany the Sydney Symphony’s Visions of Vienna performance.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will be spectacularly showcased in early February, using the iconic sails of the orchestra’s home, the Sydney Opera House. For the first time a performance by the orchestra, taking place in the Opera House’s Concert Hall, will be simultaneously projected onto the white ceramic roofs of Australia’s most famous landmark.

The SSO’s Visons of Vienna concert on February 4, presented in partnership with the Vienna Tourist Board, will feature a program of classic Viennese repertoire. During the performance footage of the orchestra will be intercut with stunning images of Vienna’s striking architecture, Art Nouveau inspired animations and works by the celebrated Austrian secessionist painter Gustav Klimt, combined to stunning effect on the surface of the Opera House. This kaleidoscopic homage to the Austrian capital will not only delight visitors to Sydney’s Circular Quay, but will also reach viewers around the world via a live web-stream of the event hosted on the orchestra’s website.

The Sydney Opera House’s distinctive structure has been used as a canvas for striking projections before, most notably as part of Sydney’s annual Vivid Festival, which attracts over 1.4 million visitors every year to explore the huge selection of light and projection installations, performances and exhibitions on offer throughout the city. The YouTube Symphony Orchestra used a projected light-show, created by Obscura Digital, during its performance at the Opera House in 2011, but this will be the first time a resident ensemble at the SOH will be using projection in this way.

Details on how to tune in to the live webcast of Visions of Vienna can be found on the Sydney Symphony Orchestra website.