Special: Recording The Notre-Dame de Paris (2024)

About this episode

Th. Geritz shares personal stories and field recordings from the Notre-Dame Cathedral as it reopens after the 2019 fire.

This weekend, the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will reopen, five years after the devastating fire of 2019. As a frequent visitor over the years, this magnificent building has always captivated me. One of my passions is creating field recordings, and I've captured numerous audio moments in and around the Notre-Dame. I've been gathering stories about some of these recordings, including one from my very first session in the cathedral back in 2007. With the Notre-Dame reopening this weekend, it felt like the perfect moment to share this story. Since I wasn't confident about recording the narration myself with the quality I wanted, I used an artificial voice from ElevenLabs for the spoken text. All the field recordings you'll hear are my own, with just a news clip coming from France24. Here is more from Paris: https://soundcloud.com/thijs-geritz/sets/paris Here are more church recordings: https://soundcloud.com/thijs-geritz/sets/church-organs Podcast episode #122

Topics covered

• society
• culture
• places
• travel
• history

Keywords

• Notre-Dame Cathedral
• field recordings
• Paris
• 2019 fire
• artificial voice
• ElevenLabs
• France24

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ElevenLabs

Places: Paris

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