Stop for a wondrous moment of joy - flash mob in Hong Kong

[truedelphi]

Hong Kong Festival Orchestra Flash Mob 2013: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"

[djean111]

1. Love this! Thank you!

[Paper Roses]

2. Great fun. How nice to see something that makes you smile! n/t

[DakotaLady]

16. How very true ...

How very true indeed.

Thank you Paper Roses!

[RC]

3. @ 0:07:21 "I won't give up"

And neither should we.

[ballyhoo]

4. Magnificent. A moment of joy.

[Skittles]

5. sometimes I wonder if people actually miss the moment

because they are so busy trying to RECORD it

[cadaverdog]

6. Two thoughts

Wouldn't happen in the USA sadly, and
Where are all the blondes?

[truebluegreen]

9. It has happened in the US; the Hallelujah Chorus too.

[Skittles]

10. I don't see blondes where I live

not real ones, anyways

[spinbaby]

7. My favorite flash mob

I've always loved the food-court Hallelujah chorus.

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[New Orleans Strong]

21. still my favorite

I think the voices are the best. And then I think the whole idea is the best. Then I see the blonde woman towards the end wiping her eyes. That is always the best for me - Always.

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. Wonderful! I like how some (non performers) are standing up, in keeping with a tradition.

[freedom fighter jh]

8. This pulled me up . . .

out of a rotten mood.

[niyad]

11. k and r for this beautiful moment. thank you so much for sharing.

[progressoid]

12. And up the sea to Japan, 10000 singing Beethoven - Ode an die Freude _ Ode to Joy

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. omg, I LOVE flash mobs! This is wonderful!! You inspired me to share another:

Classical flash mobs are the BEST!!


Just found this --- I'd love to be in the UK sigh

[truedelphi]

38. I hope before I die to have a lengthy stay in NYC and also

In the countryside of Great Britain.

Thanks for your selection, and I am intrigued by your sig line.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. OK…this is your fault, because I couldn't control myself. I must share another! :D

Ninja Choreographer choreographs!!
-----Grainger Market:

[freshwest]

23. Some of the most beautiful music ever on a sidewalk in Spokane, WA.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. hohhmygod, fresh….

Thank YOUUU!!! I love this!!! Mesmerized. There are some really cool people out there, and inspiring kids.

I work at a college and it's very diverse. VERY!! I love it. There are tons of international students, and lots of Deaf students. And Deaf international students. And a lot of them are really great, like this. In their own ways.

[truedelphi]

39. Awesome performance. Do you know the name of the

Piece he is playing? Is it something that he composed himself?

[RBInMaine]

15. BRAVO ! JUST EXCELLENT !

[shireen]

17. so wonderful!!!

THANK YOU for posting it!!!

[pangaia]

18. Nice. Somehow they got hold of the same edited version

of the last movement of the Beethoven 9th Symphony that a group used for the Sabadell Bank celebration in Spain.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

31. Here is the video of the Sabadell Bank flash mob, one of my favorites

The sheer joy in the faces of many in the audience is wonderful. And I love the small girl standing there, just taking it all in.

[pangaia]

32. right...

That's how I knew it was the same arrangement. I saw this some time ago. Of course, these are professional musicians so... sounds a little better.
Actually, whoever did the HK arrangement, changed the beginning a bit.....

[locks]

19. Aaaah

If only the whole world would make music instead of war!

[New Orleans Strong]

20. Nice! Oh! Thank you truedelphi -

Exuberant young people who are THAT together. For good. Some times I feel right about believing in the young. Best mass transit ad EVER!! Thanks for such a Feel Good Moment. And thanks to all those young people for making a train station a great place to be. I am wowed. What a great post -

[freshwest]

22. Love it... Really lifts the spirits... Those beautiful young people are working together.

At the end it says...

Ode to Change.

Life is change, creating new resonance for the world.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. yes. That says it all

yep.


It's energy. We have it, and everyone else has it too. And we affect how it resonates.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. here's one of my faves. Love how the crowd gets larger and larger….

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. Fanfare for the Common Man!!!!

[gopiscrap]

28. I love this thanks for sharing

Being from Germany, this was one of the very first pieces of music I learned. The title of the hymn is: "joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee"

[loudsue]

29. The "Flash Mob" concept of this generation is a HUGE influence on unsuspecting minds.

I think it is such a marvelous art form! You never know which genius is going to be suddenly and irrevocably influenced by a flash mob performance. Whether it is political or artistic, I think it is one of this generation's greatest, and most remarkable contributions to this crazy world we are all sharing at the moment.

Blessings on the lives of every one of the contributors!

[3catwoman3]

30. Joyous indeed.

I am always so moved by human beings working together to create something of beauty.

Here is the Air Force band this past December at the Air 7 Space museum in DC -

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

33. Here's one I like

It's actually from a movie soundtrack, in a New Zealand railway station

[greiner3]

34. The local symphany in Columbus OH;

Is having the usual modern day problems; attendance, money and public apathy.

Why can't they do some flash mobs?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

36. One more, the Philadelphia Opera doing the Toreador song from Carmen in a food court

From the Random Acts of Culture series.

[Paper Roses]

37. Many of you have seen this but it is still my favorite: