A projected lightshow will accompany the Sydney Symphony’s Visions of Vienna performance.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will be spectacularly showcased in early February, using the iconic sails of the orchestra’s home, the Sydney Opera House. For the first time a performance by the orchestra, taking place in the Opera House’s Concert Hall, will be simultaneously projected onto the white ceramic roofs of Australia’s most famous landmark.

The SSO’s Visons of Vienna concert on February 4, presented in partnership with the Vienna Tourist Board, will feature a program of classic Viennese repertoire. During the performance footage of the orchestra will be intercut with stunning images of Vienna’s striking architecture, Art Nouveau inspired animations and works by the celebrated Austrian secessionist painter Gustav Klimt, combined to stunning effect on the surface of the Opera House. This kaleidoscopic homage to the Austrian capital will not only delight visitors to Sydney’s Circular Quay, but will also reach viewers around the world via a live web-stream of the event hosted on the orchestra’s website.

The Sydney Opera House’s distinctive structure has been used as a canvas for striking projections before, most notably as...