Hear the painting, see the sound

When you look at a painting, what do you hear? This summer the National Gallery in London wants visitors to use their ears to experience art work hanging on its walls.

Soundscapes is a new exhibition where musicians and sound artists have composed tracks inspired by specific paintings.

Take a look at some of the art on show - and hear the sounds created for them - with curator, Minna Moore Ede.

Soundscapes is at the National Gallery until 6 September 2015.

CREDITS:

(1)

Image: Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses), Paul Cézanne, about 1894-1905

Audio: Les Grandes Baigneuses, Gabriel Yared, 2015 (cello: Vincent Segal; clarinet: Stéphane Chausse; soprano solo: Cecile Tournesac; piano: Gabriel Yared; sound engineering and design: Alain Francais)

(2)

Image: Lake Keitele, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1905

Audio: Lake Keitele, Chris Watson 2015 (yoik: Andre Somby)

(3)

Image: Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533

Audio: Air on a Broken String, Susan Philipsz, 2015 (violin: Leila Akhmetova) (audio courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin)

(4)

Image: The Wilton Diptych, about 1395-9

Audio: Long Phrases for the Wilton Diptych, Nico Muhly, 2015 (viola da gamba: Liam Byrne; sound design: Jethro Cooke; additional mixing: Paul Evans)

All images copyright The National Gallery, London.