Flash Mob at Edmonton City Centre Mall. Pachelbel Canon in D on period instruments.

An Early Music Alberta "flash mob" at an Edmonton shopping mall at lunch time on April 12, 2012. The mob raised awareness to early music played on period instruments and it promoted the yearly Early Music Festival. Though the Canon in D by Pachelbel was not written for the instruments participating in the mob; this instrumentation did attract attention!
The instruments involved: harpsichord, bass viola da gamba, vielle, traverse flute, recorder, sackbut, treble gamba, baroque violin, harp.

A special thank you to Edmonton City Centre Mall.

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[pheona1000]

Pity they did'nt have a Baroque Triple Harp but very enjoyable!

[Barbi Satin]

Nails on a chalk board to you? LOL

[Ramón Resplandor]

That´s the baroque D at 415.3 Hz baroque tuning

[Arne Uten]

thats C sharp not D.... Absolute Pitch... It is in C sharp!!

[Lynn Rob]

Thanks for the advice. And for sharing your wonderful performance!

[Erik Visser]

Hello Lynn Rob,

It was a highly organized event. Yes, we sat down with the management of the mall and they where very enthusiastic. But only because that was a very unique project. They supplied us with the best location. Also, we where able to use a empty space close by to tune and prepare. Security was notified. My advise: Let the authorities know, they can be a great help with your project.

Good luck with the preparation and have fun.

[Lynn Rob]

My adult band is thinking of doing a flash mob at a local mall and the question of permission has come up in our discussions. Did you ask the management of the mall for the ok to proceed with this—or did you just show up?

[girliepg]

I wish I could have been there to see this live!

[SirEkko7]

It's sad that so many people just walk by and don't even have some time to listen to this wonderful music :/