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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
(8,051 posts)Thank you so much for posting this...
aggiesal
(8,916 posts)LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,646 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
(47,485 posts)(Dragging those kettle drums must have been a major undertaking.)
aggiesal
(8,916 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)it is heartening to revisit things like this, remembering what the world could be.
crickets
(25,981 posts)Today has not been a good day, and that definitely brightened it up a bit. Thanks for that.
aggiesal
(8,916 posts)electric_blue68
(14,906 posts)aggiesal
(8,916 posts)Maeve
(42,282 posts)Didn't sound this good, however...thanks!
aggiesal
(8,916 posts)WOW, 44 years.
Congrats
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)Thank you so much for this.
aggiesal
(8,916 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/