Undercover Orchestra 'Bolero' classical flash mob 'kinda'

[briandalekruschel]

This was amazing, similar to the copenhagen group playing the same tune in a subway station, however this group played the entire song WITHOUT ANY MUSIC, if anyone noticed. That's talent!

[antnhec]

@briandalekruschel similar and six months before them.. coincidence I guess

[aquino585]

Muito legal a idéia,gostei muito. Excelentes artistas que poporcionaram um momento de ternura e arte para quem estava presente no local. Parabéns mesmo,pessoal.

[bigkahuna4444]

yay a bari sax!!!

[orlindraganov]

Too fast

[whigwood]

@orlindraganov They just wanted to get it over quickly. It's a short arrangement too.

[orlindraganov]

@whigwood anyway the tempo's too high

[cori512]

Excellent! I wish my concert band or orchestra would do something like this. Only one question I have is, why didn't the snare drummer use a marching snare drum on a harness? That would've freed up both of his hands to play from the start, instead of using one hand to carry the drum around.

[mrmonkur]

Drummer is offbeat?

[SDCmorg]

I wish our local symphonies would do this every now and then. It's way cool!

[moltoallegro19]

Great initiative, but how could they do the Bolero without the cymbals!?!?!?

[CossacksChampion]

ein anderes lied wäre vielleicht besser gewesen!

[antnhec]

@CossacksChampion Anregungen

[MrHDtom]

@antnhec Bolero is very OK but may I suggest the Darth vader Theme from Star wars. It is also a well known very rhythmic march to be played by the walking symphony ochestra . Thank you for the music!!

[TMTKowalski]

Haha, BRILLIANT :)

[Opdehoede]

Next time: Carmina Burana - O Fortuna

Dont bother to assemble first, just blast off, full force instantly.

Love to see that. :0

[mastersw999]

i want to be in a flash mob like this someday. it would be one of the most fun moments in my life to make music in the most random places where everyone can listen to it :D

[mandyontopoftheworld]

I love how there is one lady hiding some sheet music inside a newspaper for the bassoon player!! too funny :) 2:36

[Mamasan41]

BRAVO!!!!! Thank you so much for this!

[WayToSaveTheWorld]

This is amazing.

[fractaldragon]

Bravo! More places should have surprise musical bits like this, it would improve everyone's lives.

[StrawDogFilms]

awesome. better and more important than flash mobs. i feel Classical music should be played in every public place where piped-in, muzaky type music is

played. Classical music raises one's immediate consciousness and could make the world a "better" place, as they are always saying. You know, people who actually believe the world COULD be a better place. Long Live The Classics!

[allizard]

Awesome!

[pandora244]

Lovely to see the Cobwebs on YouTube! Miss you all x

[SargentoBombarda]

Finalmente um flashmob que presta!!!

[youtubane]

Brill, funny the reactions fo the people around them. It was a good choice of song. What Undercover can we have next?

[eyeofthefly1]

really great idea, and the players taking part were really brave. COngrats to all.. Hope soemthing happens like that next time I take a bus

[salabertian]

Let us instead celebrate the idea of this video, and that we are blessed to have such wonderful music to attempt to play. I would listen to this performance 1000 times over before I selected something from the worthless airways today.

[joiles01]

@salabertian I want to lick you.

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

sounds fuckin terrible. good concept tho.

[salabertian]

@jeremyhillaryboobphd , beware of what you say, you will be chastised by the "musical experts" lurking here on youtube. This performance is bad, there is no doubt. However I don't think it is necessarily due to the fact the musicians are forced to think more than usual, I think it probably has more to do with the lack of practice actually. These are amateur musicians, and it really shows.

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

...? i know enough about music to not get chastised by anyone who thinks they know better esp. on here. It could always be an avant garde intepretation haha but yeah thats true they probably are amateurs, but my point was more ask ur average solely classicaly trained muso to improvise... does not work 80% of the time. I think its also related to the training, the worst amateur jazz i heard (probably me at some point lol) never sounded that bad

[salabertian]

Right, I would tend to agree that many "classically trained" musicians wouldn't be able to improvise very impressively.

[salabertian]

In the time of say, Liszt, It would have been extremely uncommon to not have a period of Improvisation during concert. Times have changed though, If a pianist improvises during a piece, the crowd will likely dislike the performance (if the musically illiterate socialites even notice) or question the pianists judgment, so I think many people don't see a reason to learn the art.

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

@salabertian thats what happens when classical musicians have to think more than they're used to. if its not sitting on a black chair wearing black clothes reading someone elses music theyve already practiced a million times then they suck. thats not wat classical musicians shuld b but sadly the majority is

[growingvegetable]

Brilliant - nice one! Good on the lot of you!

[Xxitry2flyxX]

old ppl rocks

[coijoi]

nice one

[TJNerd]

That's a trombone solo, not a flute solo!

[snatch5fteen]

this is security...uhh im going to have to ask you to evacuate the premises

[MateusSFigueiredo]

Cool!

[cryptonite16]

that must've been alot of fun

[globetrekkerboon]

I wish there's something like this is Singapore..

[antnhec]

@globetrekkerboon so do I and I wish i was there to see it

[elfyboy]

Marvellous idea; looked like fun for all. Boleros' slow building tempo was a perfect choice for this style of presentation. Loved the bewildered looks from people used to hearing bus horns and engine backfire.

[dickjoe]

@uglysalmon you SUCK

[madamstephanya]

This is simply glorious! Bolero has been my favorite song since I was a small child. You folks are doing good work! It is because things like this happen, that I will never lose my hope in the goodness of the world.

[clearlyme2u]

Uh...Um Nevermind.

[StojanovicCarl]

Nice to see the love of music spread

[shariys1]

Damn, nice!

[pattillostyle]

this is awesome! please do more!  the world needs more of this....

[karlaanne]

wish i had been there! hope this catches on everywhere - brilliant! thanks for sharing!

[violmando]

As an orchestral musician myself, I think it 's a GREAT idea!!!

[helenpyburn]

Excellent video and, as a participant on the day, great fun to do as well. The lead flute had learnt her part off by heart - most of us relied on music pinned on people's backs!

[antdude]

Who set the alarm at the end? :D

[antnhec]

It could have been a high note or something interfering with the sensor...Or is there someone out there who did set it going?

[m8beconnect]

J'adore ! Je veux la même chose en France ;)

[ash7687]

nice

[SuperTimpanist]

Brilliantissimo

[SuperTimpanist]

Brilliantissimo

[Zeljo777]

Very nice surprise on the bus station!!

Very good idea !

[whigwood]

Maybe the BAFTAs next year?

[ApathyCurve]

I like Musak. It's not smelly and annoying like hippie street musicians.

[antnhec]

@ApathyCurve I wasn't being thatserious about the musak thing