In September 2020, 132 volunteers attended three classical performances over three nights at a concert hall in Berlin.
When the lights dimmed and the string quintet – performing a combination of Beethoven, Brett Dean and Brahms – began to play, extraordinary things started to happen.
As the music swelled, the hearts of the concertgoers began to beat in time. All around the room people’s skin prickled with sweat at the same rate.