I think its beautiful. Who cares if its been done before . What a great idea - Every Time How lovely to have such an experience !
It must have been frustrating for those who could not watch due to train timetable but possibly worth missing a train for !
I wonder if anyone did ?

Quelle plus belle démonstration de l'universalité de la musique, pour rapprocher les peuples, que cet évenement?

ML

Fantastic piece of music , conductor, musicians, videographers did a remarkable job. Bring joy to faces , smile, tears, Bravo Copenhagen!!! Thanks the Artist, thanks for sharing

WHAT A SUPER WAY TO BE IMPRESSED.AND THIS WAS MY CASE.PLAYING PIANO, COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO JOIN..BUT ONLY IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN MONTREAL WHERE I LIVE.I WOULD BE IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH HELENE

un pur grand bonheur je regrette seulement de ne pas y être
j'en ai la chair de poules bravos aux musiciens pour cette initiative

Un grand bravo à tous ces musiciens pour cette intiative ! Je suis heureuse d'avoir partagé cet intense moment d'émotion !

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Simply wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

Rewatching for third time, and love it. A must-share event.

What a wonderful expression of the commonality of man! This was pure, shared enjoyment of music without any extraneous trappings. Lucky were the participants!

This was just too much fun to absorb all at once. I guess when you see someone walk up with a basson and a music stand you should know it is something you will never see again. Why shouldn't the "masses" have some kind of exposure to wonderful music performed by tremendously talented performers?

Quelle belle façon de faire connaître la très belle musique auprès des enfants! Avez-vous remarquer le nombre de personne qui s'est aglutiné en quelques minutes? C'est fantastique! Que je voudrais donc que ce soit de même au Canada. Merci au nom de tous.

Isn't it interesting that there are those who want to let us all know how much they know about this music by being critics? This event is a BLAST I wish I could have been there. Of course, it is not a concert hall performance ,,, but it represents the very best spirit of making music. A quote from Michelle Shocked ... "Music is way too important to be left in the hands of professionals" . Music is for everybody!!!

I realize that this sort of performance has been done before, but it never fails to impress. What is really fascinating is watching the specific instrument being played and its’ relationship to the overall structure of the piece. Just loved it. And, don’t laugh, but I sometimes perform a quicker version of my Tai Chi sets to this.

que l'on multiplie ce genre d'évènements dans les lieux les plus divers ( voir gare d'Amsterdam, musée de Valence en Espagne )....que l'Art et la simplicité nous touchet dans nore quotidien. !

This was amazing! The unexpected joy of music, you could see on faces that some people really got the whole flashmob concept. This was positive, it was great. Thank you artist !

Det lød rigtig godt

I believe this link will also make many of you smile as well. It has to everyone with whom I have previously shared. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmwRitYO3w

wonderfull to think the whole world has the oportunity to to has such a facinating experience with such advance technology and to think some australians are trying to deny our rollout of the NBN I believe we should go back to the old times when our musicians played in the park of a sunday ,true amazing !!!!

I wonder if the organizer of this wonderful event had read Edward Be Bono's book 'Letters to the thinker'. About creativity and Lateral thinking.....me thinks yes!!!!!

Pure Listening Pleasure !!

Just think, as you watch the video, of all the training it took to play those instrments. That is one of the greatest pieces of music to listen to. I thought the young lady who played the flute was perfect.

Wonderful idea, although it's been done before. This shortened version of the Bolero was nicely done.

What a nice idea! Still the result does not sound quite as harmonic as it should, keeping in mind that the strings are being played by professionals. Some fine-tuning should have been possible, despite the unusual venue. And the lead-clarinet must have been borrowed from a Romanian klezmer-band...

what a remarkable event - and I love that everyone could be very close to the musicians so that they could be seen doing something they love to do - play music! Too often when we attend a concert, we are so far from the musicians that we cannot see their expressions as they play.

Having stood in that very spot, rushed, overheated, lost and confused and alone- it seems like a dream to see and hear this bit of heaven! I wish I had been there to experience that moment in time. Very fortunate people moving through the station that day. Blessings on the musicians, conductor, videographers and spectators!

In a world where everyone is in such a rush to get somewhere, be somewhere..the earth stood still for those at the railway station that day..and for me in the everlasting moments I shared surreptitiously with them all this afternoon..thank you to she who sent this link to me..I am forever changed as a result...stop and smell the flowers and listen to them grow ...watch the child in the pink jacket who delights in the sounds ...and the woman who, without care , appears to be reliving a moment in time...alone yet surrounded by the crowd of others.......

My Grandmother gave this wonderful piece of music to me as a Christmas gift when I was a high school student in 1953 on a 45 rpm record. I treasured it.

What an amazing performance! I got sent this as a 'click-on' in an email - what a delightful surprise!
At one and the same time the orchestra are 'playing about' and playing Bolero note-perfect. Even the station announcement (just the one) didn't intrude.
The fact that it is one of my favourite pieces of music was a bonus of course, but it could have been anything that the orchestra could carry their instruments to.
My immediate response is 'well - we've got the proms in the park, but we could do this, or something like it, in many places - and not just in London'.
How could we go about 'persuading' the 'powers that be'?
Oh - and that post 'deleted by author' - I had rushed to type up my rave review (after having listened/watched it twice) but I overlooked the little detail of logging on, and when it didn't work I got even sillier - and got agitated about "web sites that don't work (continued on page 94)" - it think it's becoming a classic - fingers
to keyboard before engaging brain.

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Love such flashes for unexpected delights to the soul ... & as for being ignored, does anyone remember the two fine soprani (sop+mezz) who sang Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in an empty train station somewhere in Canada as the finale to the relevant film? Such occasions bring as many tears to the eye as Ravel's Bolero gives fire to the blood.

This film of a moving and interesting event in Copenhagen is beautifully made. The way the orchestra gradually built up was impressive, as was the skill of their performance.
If you enjoyed it, take a look at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1hDQpNz5s
This video was taken as a spontaneously formed choir and orchestra, called RMP (Resistenza Musicale Permanente - Permanent Musical Resistance), sung Mozart's Dies Irae at a huge gathering in Piazza del Popolo in Rome on 13 February against exploitation of women. It sung again on many other occasions: 12 March in defence of the constitution, on 26 March against privatisation of water supplies, on 30 March against an attempt to introduce changes to judicial process, on 5 April for democracy, on 6 May to remember those lost at sea while migrating, with multiple choirs, one singing on a boat which went up the Tiber from the Church of San Bartolomeo to Castel Sant'Angelo. For the latter day, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaX0-iU-aOU
The participants are mixed amateur and professionals and the videos are not professional. But the events generated great interest and support, from all over Italy. This movement is "Allegro moderato". Allegro, because music brings hope and joy. Moderato, to avoid extremes and remain open to all.

How wonderful !!
What a great idea !
Tears in my eyes.....

Great performance to brighten somebody's day at such unanticipated venue

Great work of music by great men, freely given by God and freely played by these music philanthropists. What a wonderful way to brighten up people's day. Great work men! Great Work. God bless you all.

The looks of awe and surprise speak volumes. I particularly like the Dad who sat down on the ground with his young children to listen. What a wonderful way to bring the gift of music to many people - a chance to pay it forward and touch many in the day!

In an otherwise dreary and disheartening day (when congress finally avoided default in the most unseemly capitulation to the Republican blackmail which is bad for the economy, bad for the poor and the middleclass) - this video brought a real smile here - even a few emotional tears. Bravo Copenhagen! (What a contrast to Joshua Bell being largely ignored in a Metro station in D.C.! - See http://youtu.be/hnOPu0_YWhw)