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Treat yourself to this breathtaking Beethoven 'Ode to Joy' flashmob.
Link to tweet
(Tried to find all emoticons with instruments, regardless of their meaning).
Upthevibe
(7,884 posts)Thank you so much for posting this...
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,552 posts)Flashmob performances haven't been a fresh concept for some time. And they've been somewhat taken over by corporations during recent years. But that doesn't stop viewers from enjoying the performances, whether in person or on the web. Take this recent example orchestrated by the financially-challenged Spanish bank, Banco Sabadell.
Earlier this summer, the bank brought together 100 musicians and singers from the Orchestra Simfonica del Valles,Amics de l'Opera de Sabadell,Coral Belles Arts, and Cor Lieder Camera to perform the anthem of the European Union -- Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Symphony No. 9. It all happens in the Plaça de Sant Roc in Sabadell, Spain, a little north of Barcelona. Perhaps this will put a smile on your face. Maybe you'll even shed a tear. One way or another, make sure you turn up your speakers....
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)For that concert performance, Leonard Bernstein changed one word--Freude to Freiheit, ie joy to freedom
Eta---Wall fell in November 89, concert was a Christmas concert that same year
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)question everything
(47,265 posts)(Dragging those kettle drums must have been a major undertaking.)
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)it is heartening to revisit things like this, remembering what the world could be.
crickets
(25,896 posts)Today has not been a good day, and that definitely brightened it up a bit. Thanks for that.
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)electric_blue68
(14,617 posts)aggiesal
(8,864 posts)Maeve
(42,224 posts)Didn't sound this good, however...thanks!
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)WOW, 44 years.
Congrats
leftyladyfrommo
(18,816 posts)Thank you so much for this.
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)and that I could at least bring a little joy to your world.
My condolences.
Stay strong and stay safe, otherwise we all lose.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)This local story is also a bright spot:
https://6abc.com/health/dr-farley-optimistic-for-covid-19-vaccine-in-2021/6292336/