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Orchestra tunes up for virtual world gig
Second Life symphony...

By Reuters

Published: Wednesday 15 August 2007

One of the UK's oldest symphony orchestras is to play a concert in Second Life, the virtual internet world.

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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is building a replica of its concert hall where it will perform works by Rachmaninov, Ravel and two contemporary composers from Liverpool.

The online audience will be able to cough, rustle sweet wrappers and check their phones for messages without upsetting those around them.

After the concert, they can chat with the orchestra's principal conductor Vasily Petrenko and performers in the virtual bar.

Michael Elliott, the orchestra's chief executive, said he hoped the 14 September concert would attract a new audience to classical music.

He said: "It's a lot of fun and certainly adds a different dimension to the more traditional visit to a concert hall."