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Exclusive: watch two short films inspired by a locked-down City of London

Composers, LSO musicians and dancers create two short films celebrating the empty Square Mile and its creative energies

The City of London, once the vibrant and bustling centre with hundreds of thousands of workers filling the streets of the Square Mile each day, has become been a place of ghosts in recent months. Two new films inspired by the City in lockdown explore our relationship with space during a socially distanced world of individual isolation.

Each film features London Symphony Orchestra musicians, dancers and original compositions in collaboration with emerging film-makers to celebrate the creative energy of the City. Watch them exclusively here.

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