By Anthony Thomassini

“ … That drama was richly enhanced on Friday, when I climbed while listening to “Soundwalk,” an audio experience created by the composer Ellen Reid, with recorded music by members of the New York Philharmonic, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the jazz group Poole and the Gang. Available through a free app, “Soundwalk” has been tailored to all 840 acres of Central Park. As you walk, various musical “cells,” as Ms. Reid calls them, are triggered by your location. So each walk results in a different piece.

… With the pandemic more or less preventing live indoor performances, this is a moment suited to outdoor sound walks. Another in New York, “Cairns,” written and narrated by Gelsey Bell, with music by Ms. Bell and Joseph White, takes listeners on a peaceable journey through Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

But, undeterred, the Philharmonic has also created the Bandwagon, a pickup truck traveling through the city for short outdoor concerts every weekend through Oct. 18. “

Source: The New York Times