ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite was launched in August 2018 on a trailblazing mission to show how profiling Earth’s winds from space can improve weather forecasts and climate models. Marking the end of Aeolus’ remarkable mission, ESA worked with composer Jamie Perera to create a woodwind piece from data that spanned the lifetime of the satellite’s life in orbit around Earth.

In the resulting orchestral piece, every second is a day in the life of Aeolus, with data represented by the following instruments: 
Piccolo: Rayleigh Top Altitude (the tops of clouds)  
Flute: Rayleigh Observation Type (density of clouds)
Oboe: Rayleigh Reference Temperature (wind temperature)
Clarinet 1: Rayleigh Wind Velocity (wind velocity)
Clarinet 2: Rayleigh Wind Reference Pressure (air pressure)  
Bassoon/Bass Clarinet: Rayleigh Bottom Altitude (Earth’s surface)
Ambient Synth: Validity Flag 0 (Aeolus downtime)
You can also hear landmark events such as volcanic eruptions represented by drums, hurricanes represented by wind sound effects, and the Coronavirus pandemic represented by a pulsing synth. 

Read the full story:
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Aeolus/The_sound_of_Aeolus_will_blow_you_away

Download the full performance guide:
https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Life-of-Aeolus-Performance-Guide.pdf

Credits: @jamieperera (2023). Used by permission. Data and guidance provided by Daniel Santillan; sonification programming by Adrian Lewis

The sound of the wind from space

Ein bemerkenswertes Gemeinschaftsprojekt der Musikschulen Bisamberg/Leobendorf/Enzersfeld, Stockerau, Korneuburg, Langenzersdorf und Weinviertel Mitte ging am 20. April im Z2000 in Stockerau über die Bühne. Die mehr als 80 MusikschülerInnen arbeiteten mit dem österreichischen Komponisten und Dirigenten Christian Kolonovits an einem Filmmusikprogramm von „Fluch der Karibik“ bis zu „Imagine“. Dieses „Hollywood-Project-Orchestra“ lud schließlich unter der Leitung von Christian Kolonovits und mit dem Solisten Andy Baum zum Filmmusikkonzert.

A remarkable joint project of the music schools of Bisamberg/Leobendorf/Enzersfeld, Stockerau, Korneuburg, Langenzersdorf and Weinviertel Mitte was presented on 20 April 2018 in the Z2000 Center in Stockerau. More than 80 music students worked with the Austrian composer and conductor Christian Kolonovits on a soundtrack program including the Pirates of the Caribbean and Imagine, among others. At the end, this “Hollywood-Project-Orchster” performed a concert under the leadership of Christian Kolonovits with soloist Andy Baum.

Hollywood-Project

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Live recording of concerts for performers and the audience; mostly in Lower Austria.

The Magnificent Seven

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