Towering Rhythms

Bertolozzi high above the Champ de Mars Corentin Fohlen for the New York Times

Four years after his wife tapped on a poster of the Eiffel Tower, giving him the idea, composer Joseph Bertolozzi finally got together the permissions and funds needed to "play" the real thing. With mallets and a padded log, among other instruments, and a sound engineer in tow, he and his team have recorded more than 400 sounds, and they're not done yet. The goal is to use these sounds in an hourlong composition called "Tower Music," which Bertolozzi hopes to perform live, on-site for the Tower's 125th anniversary next year (story, video): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/arts/music/tower-music-from-eiffel-tower-by-joseph-bertolozzi.html