Music Sales’ latest, critically acclaimed app, The Orchestra for iPad, has been included in Apple’s new TV commercial for the iOS tablet.
The app has also been featured on billboards in New York and London after being scored highly by reviewers both online and off. Scroll down to watch the new Apple advert below.
Designed as an exciting new way to experience the orchestra and orchestral music, The Orchestra app presents 8 of the most important and iconic pieces in the history of classical music through video, sound and interactive features.
View and hear each piece from a number of different perspectives, from the conductor to individual players and sections to the the full ensemble. Users can also switch to a colour-coded top-view of the orchestra that reacts and animates as the music is performed on screen.
The Orchestra app is available now from the Apple iStore for £9.99. Click here to download the app to your iPad now.
Created by Touch Press and the Music Sales Group, in collaboration with world-leading conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, the app also offers up a rich library of interviews, in-depth guides and high-quality models of each instrument which you can play with the touch-screen digital keyboard!
Users can also view and interact with digital sheet music for each piece and hear commentary from Salonen himself as the music is performed.
Since its release, The Orchestra app has been praised by reviewers including The Telegraph’s Shane Richmond who awarded the download 5 out of 5.
Tom Service for The Guardian also reviewed the app on his iPad, stating that the “impressive new app blends music, video and interactive instrument guide into an instant classic” in his positive write-up for the UK newspaper.
For more reviews and information on the app, click here.