Wednesday (5/16) on the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster, Chris Barton writes, “Oh, Copenhagen. You brought us the Midcentury furniture designs that make ‘Mad Men’ an interior decorator’s dream and saw the wisdom of bike commuting long before L.A. earned its first CicLAvia. Now you’ve one-upped every philharmonic in the world with video of your orchestra (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) making an entire subway train weak in the knees with a flash mob performance of Grieg’s ‘Peer Gynt’ on a Copenhagen Metro train. In a video filmed last month that justifiably went viral, the Copenhagen symphony is subtly introduced on one of the station’s signs with the announcement, ‘Classical special train: Enjoy the music,’ before treating commuters to probably one of the most beautiful rides of their lives. … It’s all very low-key, at least until the strings enter and various faces of the riders on board give way to a sense of wonder, and it’s an inspired choice by the editor of this spot (which was completed as an ad for Radio Classisk) to briefly cut to the tracks ahead. As smiles creep across the faces of both riders and players, the whole train—and even the place where you’re sitting—seems to lift off the ground, just for an instant.” Click here to watch the video on SymphonyNOW.
Posted May 17, 2012
