Flash Mob - Gustav Holst - The Planets: Jupiter (Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra)

[@liteoner]

Why does this never happen when I go out shopping?

[@hannahgeorge5977]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Holst earned himself a special place in heaven when he wrote Jupiter

[@philippaul2270]

Not pictured, a huge mountain of cases in the food court

[@HelloSally13]

As a percussionist I can’t imagine trying the stealthily roll my timpanis into the mall to join a flash mob! 😂

[@bridget117]

Just the cello at the beginning is enough to give me chills.

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

"Remember, I'll always be here for you -- even if you can't see me -- because I love you."

[@cliffordernest7825]

Holst: the most unappreciated composer of all time. The man dedicated his life to music.

[@Lil_Mozart_V]

I think it’s beautiful that in such a fast-paced and busy world, music still has the power to stop people in their tracks to appreciate the moment.

[@beansmcgoo3089]

I love seeing musicians play in their everyday clothes. I just like seeing how all different kinds of people play music.

[@pianolady19]

I'd cry like a baby, let's be real. This is one of the best pieces of classical music ever written.

[@daniellebreitstein6007]

This video is the reason why I wanted to come to Berklee and now I'm in this orchestra. Dreams do come true, kids.

[@K1W1fly]

"I'll just smuggle this upright bass into the shopping mall... no-one will notice"

[@Nate4Life01]

honestly Jupiter is just too good

[@lauriebowman6979]

I don't get how so many people can just keep walking and shopping. Life is too short to not stop for 5 minutes out of your day to enjoy such beautiful music and talented students.

[@iamarthorse]

Amazing. Its a shame people would get really freaked out if they had done Mars instead :p. This piece is so powerful and evocative. As soon as this section comes up, it instantly plays on the heart strings. Well performed as well.

[@LukeLaister]

"I vow to thee my country" a British patriotic song. Sung at the remembrance concert every year. Played at Prince Phillips and QE2 funerals.

[@faithhall891]

shout out to the girl laying it down on the tuba!

[@sunnylilacs]

I had chills listening to this. It’s my favorite musical passage of all time. I’ve been lonely, spending all day at home alone because of the corona virus that’s just reached my city; my roommates and many of the people I know left suddenly to their home countries or will go in the next few days, and those still here are being cautiously isolate. I got to talk to some friends from home via the internet, so that helped. I like that this orchestra is from my home state, and hearing this music again-a wondrous anthem to the God of all gods-sets my soul on fire and lets me breathe again. I can’t help but be inspired and expanded by this theme.

[@nitedreamer23]

The broad smiles at the end say it all.

[@nfullenwider]

I had the honor of playing this entire suite with my school orchestra last year and let me tell you, as a cellist, this section of Jupiter is so powerful and moving that I was always filled to the brim with emotion. It still gives me chills.

[@dpmakestuff]

One of the fews pieces of music that can bring a tear to my eye... Beautiful!

[@peterd788]

One of the grandest and most uplifting songs in English culture. Well done.

[@kinsmed]

I am so envious of everyone in that mall. Unscheduled moments of beauty like that are so rare.

[@neaksm9558]

"Remember I’ll Always Be Here For You, Even If You Can’t See Me… Because I Love You."

[@thezachgoldfinch]

This is the only version I ever shed a tear too. It’s so profoundly moving. The people who stop to take it in and the silence of the outside world, the joy you can feel with the musicians, the beautiful harmony. Gorgeous.

[@stevemoruri5677]

Here in October 2024 to say how amazing this is! Awesome finish!

[@TheHiredGun187]

To all of you that do this during COVID..You should all get medals.Culture will outlast civilization

[@graemedurie9094]

This is not jollity, but rather the deepest peace.

[@SejinKim5]

47 people were crying too hard to distinguish between the like and dislike buttons...beautiful

[@chrisisalmon]

See kids, there is beauty in the world.

[@RobertKaydoo]

Down votes??!! Seriously what kind of jaded soul down votes such a beautiful performance? Bravo! For the musicians, the conductor and everyone involved in making this performance happen, thank you!

[@Goran_D]

I can’t stop crying when I listen to this. Hard to explain. Music has the power to bring grown men to their knees, and make the feeble hearted whole again. Thank you for giving us all this gift.

[@Xandrosi]

As many places defund the arts, it is performances like this that remind us of the best of humanity.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

I've just been to the small Essex village of Thaxted where Holst wrote the planets suite and where he specifically wrote this piece for the village.

[@theviolinmom5173]

Tears of joy, absolutely beautiful! So wonderful to see my daughter Serena (violin) from so far away. Wish I could've been there. Thank you for sharing this amazing video!!

[@MsPea]

I don't understand how people can just walk past and not even stop one minute to listen to this beautiful music. They must have no souls.

[@tSp289]

Thank you! This piece was played at my grandfather's funeral, some fond memories attached to it! He signed up for the RAF during WW2 and was assigned to aircraft research thanks to his advanced engineering degree. After the war he worked on rocket technology, which became the British space programme, and helped design the only space rocket aside from Saturn V that never had a failed launch. Space exploration and maths were his passions, and much of the technology his team developed is still in use today. This movement's links to remembrance for servicemen and to the planets made it the perfect fit, never mind the fact that it was one of his favourite pieces. Thank you for bringing it into the lives of people who might never have heard it!

[@kittydellareese]

still brings tears to my eyes in 2023

[@ianhaigh4878]

if it was not for these flashmobs the general public would not get to listen to this fabulous music

[@hrhjrd]

The soul of the song emerged at the playing of the French horns. Such a rich sound.

[@dianealbrecht496]

This music is gorgeous. The words to the song: O, God. Beyond All Praising is set to this. I had it played @ my husband's military funeral in 2001. Brings tears to my eyes it's so beautiful.

[@cyzhouhk]

Do this in the UK during November, especially on Remembrance Day, and you'll literally have people singing along.

[@wanorman2007]

Others may have made this comment, but strictly speaking, this is the "Thaxted" section of the Jupiter piece, and is a tune on its own. It's named after the English village where Holst had lived.

[@clairedavid269]

I practically just cried like a child

[@bingusbinted]

It's impossible not to cry when listening to this for the first time

[@paulgoodman8476]

This may be my favorite rendition of this beautiful and moving piece. It brings me to tears every time I hear it for its beauty but a solo cello(?) playing in the lobby of a massive commercial building brought it, and me, to a whole new level. Bravo, bravo, bravo.

[@chrisjames17]

I played Holst when I was younger, in the South Florida Youth Symphony. I was principal Trumpet. This always has a place in my heart.

[@heyjude9895_]

I’m a woodwind girl but even I can’t deny the importance of brass in this piece. Horns really just take it to another level. Beautiful!!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This masterpiece is a lullaby of Universe

[@saradecapua3264]

This is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written and so beautifully done by these musicians.

[@mermaidunicorn476]

You can see the pure joy on the first cello players face when everyone joins together. This is absolutely beautiful

[@undermuscled7381]

when I hear this it reminds just how great humanity is

[@gettingittogether424]

In high school I was an all American trumpet player and every performance and practice session I ever had was my mental escape from my daily stresses. I grew up with nothing and grew up depressed and every time I played I would feel happy. At my high school graduation the band played this and I broke down in tears. I later joined the Marine Corps as a mechanic and now I weld for a living. I still practice every day. That's the power of music

[@geraldwatts5492]

Great to see classical flashmobs. I think classical music (and classical musicians) are severely underappreciated in today's society. Maybe it's just me. And of course, this is one of my favorite classical pieces and my favorite of Holst's planets suite!

[@vintagebrew1057]

This is our unofficial National Anthem in the UK after "Jerusalem". With the words "I vow to thee my Country" makes you glow with pride. Good Job by these youngster's good to know that beautiful music will live on.

[@ryanr1701]

As an deep Anglophile who has lived in Boston my whole life, this brought me to tears.

[@RoccoSoundTube]

What a pleasure must be to find this beauty in a mall. Absolutely amazing, guys!

[@andrewcarey5359]

whoever dislike this it's the most incredible song ever written.

[@alenpoehlman5913]

The trumpet entrance is so good

[@charleswallner5206]

STILL, My absolute favorite flashmob. Complexity of interlocking stories and beautiful.

[@TillyOrifice]

Makes me want to cry with happiness.

[@samanthabarajas4534]

If I was any of these people in the crowd I’d be crying

[@sssogo]

Can't help but sing "I vow to thee my country" in my head every time I hear Jupiter.

[@redshuttleredacted6422]

Imagine if someone in the crowd just burst out and sang "I Vow To Thee, My Country"

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

I live in Massachusetts and honestly if i ever came across this id probably start gross sobbing then be the loudest one to cheer at the end. I regret never learning an instrument. Now at age 23 playing the violin is all I want to do.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

Just when I thought flashmobs were so Noughts, along comes this one in my feed. *sniff* Who's cutting onions?!

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

Remember, I'll always be here for you, even when you can't see me. Because I love you.

[@dianealbrecht496]

That music is also to the words of a Christain song, "O God, Beyond All Praising". I had that played at my husband's military funeral. Beautiful words. RIP to peacekeepers everywhere.

[@jean-francoisdaignault9612]

Crying here because it’s so beautiful but also because it’s so lovely to be able to see people’s faces, to see musicians stand close to each other and see them smile... haven’t had a real gig in months and fuck it’s wearing me down. Much love to all my musician colleagues all over the world xxx

[@AaronsRandomLife]

Oh how sad it is to see videos like this and wish upon the old days when you could walk around Boston and see everyone’s smiling faces.

[@dawnevans7767]

This was actually my grammar school hymn. An amazing piece of music & the words are inspiring - I vow to thee my country.

[@samaya6761]

Holst is a true G. O. A. T

[@whatsyourglitch]

Jupiter and Holst both smiling from the heavens 💙

[@Nesher92]

When this horrible pandemic ends, we shall come out victorious, and THIS will be our triumph anthem!

[@jonaslasater4784]

then the tempo change comes in and all hell breaks loose

[@robertthomas3777]

So wish this happened more often in shopping centres. A massage of divine art and culture. Thanks.

[@bethrivka68]

I am watching this as we find our way through the coronavirus crisis. I am reminded of the power of music to lift us up and bring us together. Seeing the reaction of the shoppers as they stop to listen, and the joy on the musicians’ faces, is inspiring. It reminds me that humans can appreciate goodness and beauty and how this can remind us of our shared humanity. Much needed in these uncertain times.

[@timothyking2248]

One of Britain’s greatest composers

[@King-nr4vx]

Hello. I’m Elise! I’m twelve right now, but I’ll be 13 when our school preforms this at our strings concert. It’s so nerve racking even though we are just got the piece today and have 4 months of practice left. I love this song though. It’s beautiful, gorgeous. I love it. This group did so well with it!

[@cuthbert246]

As an proud Englishman I know this music as the base with lyrics for 'I vow to thee my Country' I song that should be our national anthem. I cry when its sung and now I wiping away the dust that is in the air that got into my eyes. Beautiful played music that hits the heart.

[@RamblinRick_]

As I listened, I found myself singing "I Vow to Thee My Country"

[@paulfurnas6968]

A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME IN 1974 At a music-majors' college graduation party in 1974, I heard David Douglass (now co-director of Chicago's Newberry Consort) play a finger-picking mountain dulcimer arrangement of this tune. Up until that evening i had thought of the mountain dulcimer as an obnoxious, abrasive instrument that was used to play clumsy arrangements of boring tunes. David's version of this melody made such a major impact on me that I immediately began looking for a mountain dulcimer of my own, and after I found a suitable one, I spent the next 40 years writing my own finger-picking pieces for the instrument. Thank you David and thank you Gustav for enriching my life so much

[@rlancer8920]

Holst belongs with the composers in the musical hall of fame

[@frankteunissen6118]

Every time I see one of these flash mob videos just going in there to play for the hell of it, my faith in humanity gets restored.

[@owensweetland342]

Amidst this world's troubles there is still beauty to be found.

[@tawogtrailers]

Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Any Brits in the audience would've been very moved when the Flash Mob performed the British (semi-official) national anthem

[@AnileATER]

"With breath in your lungs, you can fill a room with more happiness from music alone than anything else in the world."

[@who.is_.jadeeee7124]

doing this with my class in april, this song is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@terrythomas1329]

This must be one of the most underrated and most under appreciated piece of music there is.

[@niobita]

I played this song countless times 7th and 8th grade that I got tired of it. Now hearing it again 2years later I love it more than ever

[@kurtrueckel1254]

Musicians, you did a fantastic job - thank you very much for sharing and making me (a 58 year old man) cry like a little baby.

[@jon_do]

this is one great way to spread the love for orchestra :)

[@yhchong7603]

My tears would burst out in the middle of the shopping mall if i heard an orchestra flash mob like this

[@ivanorozco8669]

Never have I ever cried to such a beautiful piece of music until the very first time I ever heard Jupiter. 😌

[@gavingraycomposition4388]

They didn't even play the epic intro to the song... AAAA that would have been so need to hear! By the way i actually plan on auditioning to this college soon. I'm super passionate about conducting and performing... wish me luck guys!! Im beyond nervoussss

[@hfcred6754]

Why the fuck do humans fight wars when we can create something as beautiful as this?

[@Factoid246]

I have re-viewed this multiple times since I first came across this. It makes me smile each time. I love seeing the serene and happy looks on the musicians’ faces. And, of course, it’s a beautiful piece of music, beautifully performed.

[@jonathangoll2918]

We British love this, and we sing a beautiful song to it, written by the UK Ambassadorial to the USA during the First World War, Sir Cecil Spring Rice. He had just lost his son, and he didn't see the end of the War. The first verse is about service to one's country; the second talks about the "other country, I've heard of long ago", and the last word is " peace". Yet interestingly our patriotic songs are often written by lefties! Sir Cecil Spring Rice was a Liberal. Gustav Holst, although of distant Swedish ancestry, was English, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was very definitely left-wing. This staggeringly beautiful theme is only briefly mentioned in the Planet Suite, but he himself made a hymn tune out of it. ( Which is why the arrangement is so good.) Now there was a parish church in Essex whose Vicar was then notorious. He was a member of the Communist Party, and about 1920 displayed the flags of both the Russian Revolution and of Sinn Fein ( the Irish rebelling against the British) in his church. The name of the village is Thaxted, and that's what Holst named this tune...

[@ILuvThunderclan]

And the tears start coming and they won't stop coming