rose window · Messiaen sound-colour

Rose Window

Play it and a cathedral mandala of light blooms — one petal per note, in the colour Messiaen said he saw when he heard it.

input · self-playing demo

tap to open the window

The rose is already breathing and self-playing in silence. Tap Enter (or any petal) to unlock sound, then play it yourself — MIDI keyboard, touch, or the a s d f g h j k / z x c v b n rows.

The dream lab — Karel Barnoski