Flash Mob in London: Ode to Joy (2019)

[@adrianturner7308]

IMO, still the most beautiful piece of music ever written.

[@AllenOstrom]

That & his MOONLIGHT SONATA. Best ever

[@beatricecallan]

Matter of taste! I always loved this too, but so many others also!!❤

[@PatrickGeagan]

To seeordinary people stop what they are doing to appreciate wonderful music is heartening & inspirational ❤

[@randyw5284]

This needs to be a common occurrence, bring Joy to the World

[@thomaswallace479]

Three strings & a bassoon: great start. love the simple sounds.

[@johnknottenbelt2727]

We need more of these acts of 'spontaneous joy in music' in our world. I've see with everyone how it lifts the spirit, evaporates barriers & creates a moment of 'space in everything' allowing all, for one brief momement to ignore differences & almost become one. 😊❤🎉

[@ninelnita]

We are waiting for you to return to the EU. We need you.

[@thurein3097]

We have those beautiful people on our planet. Thanks God!

[@yegfreethinker]

One day this will be the World Anthem God willing and US willing ❤❤❤❤😊

[@beatricecallan]

US willing? 😢😢

[@glenndespres5317]

My hat is off to those who performed this. Very difficult to pull of even in a performance setting much less this flash mob crowd. It brought me back to the time I witnessed the BSO perform the entire Beethoven’s 9th outdoors on the commons on a beautiful summer evening. The playing was spot on and the effect was ethereal. Never to be forgotten.

[@samvelharutyunyan7441]

Bravo !!!!!!!!

[@Kjdjrh]

What we all need now is certainly more of this ! Encore ! 👍🏼☺️ Johann~ Philadelphia 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@noelleangelicag]

FLASH MOBS MAKE ME CRY

[@heywoodjerbloume]

Bloody marvelous.

[@virgilsolozzo3510]

cant never go wrong with ode to joy !!!!!! .....

[@tont6542]

Wonderful. Britannia, come back in the EU

[@nicholaspatrick4445]

performance awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beethoven is smiling

[@mzmadmike]

They actually had to re-record a bit of this afterward. You'll see some of the string players came out of a pub. They'd had a couple too many, and when they tried to play, they were off tempo. There it was, the bottom of the Ninth. The basses were loaded. The score, tied.

[@onthebrink4735]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seangage9088]

this is wonderful to see...and hear....

[@alangale5666]

Brilliant.

[@nicholaspatrick4445]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beethoven is smiling

[@delindavrogers9364]

WOW... such a treat for the senses and the Soul.....

[@RonRicho]

Wonderful! I don't know what to praise first. Beethoven, the performance or the setting. I've stood in that very spot numerous times but it was never so lovely. Thank you.

[@CW-rx2js]

Beethoven of course!

[@DanKoning777]

Praise God; Jesus Christ, the Creator of ALL things-including music. Even the words in this song declare His name: "For by Him *all things were created,* both in the heavens *and on earth,* visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; *all things* have been created *by Him* and for Him" [Col 1 v16] *Truth is a stubborn thing.*

[@niederbayern-first841]

English people, you are no longer in the European Union. Why did you do that? You are like us and we needed you. But you remain Europeans - and that's a good thing. Greetings from Munich/Bavaria

[@evilqueenyiayia]

Glorious, Wonderful, Raises my Soul 🌬️

[@ralphdavis9670]

Fookin symphony makes me cry every damn time.

[@DanKoning777]

Seems to make you cuss like a 6th grader too.

[@isaacchong4485]

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

[@bjbrown]

So beautiful when so many come together to make a joyful noise! Thank you all, from Florida with love. ♥️

[@DavidPorivit67]

thanks it so wonderful

[@WesleyVanhoutte]

Beautiful.

[@pameladowe5330]

You certainly took the title to heart, your music is an Ode to Joy in itself. Love it!

[@flaviomostaro2504]

A mais bela música de Beethoven

[@vinylsolution2522]

When the woodwind comes in i always smile, and think of Rumpole.

[@d.alexander8891]

i love lodon

[@donburgio936]

Add to Bucket List: Witness or be involved in Flash Mob before I die!!!

[@dbaldock9]

I enjoyed this performance. But, I just can't get over how bundled up everyone is in June. Here in Houston, Texas, it was 35°C on June 7th. :-)

[@175_muhammadyudhiarabbani9]

This was probably February, because London gets super hot during summer

[@rudolfkraus1582]

7

[@aprilblossom9268]

We can get all seasons in one day so who knows?! Just be prepared for all eventualities 😊

[@aprilblossom9268]

...and that's how controversial British weather can be as I forgot to say about the fantastic music! Brilliant x

[@benzo2762]

❤❤❤

[@56NeilWatson]

Every time I hear this piece, it sums up all that we lost with Brexshit

[@leesmedley7100]

Fashion magic

[@holibru3615]

🤩

[@cryptotharg7400]

Oder an die Freude!

[@LHMCB]

Perhaps there should be a flash mob Ode to Joy every day in London until the horrid Tory government gives up, and a decent coalition takes over, and gets us back into the EU, where we belong. And Von der Leyen needs to quit the EU. Then we can all live in peace and prosperity.

[@francocanuck]

If the British were singing more often that hymn they will probably still belonged in the EU ,

[@gvanderbend8292]

Great Britain is more united in Europe as in the United Kingdom itself!

[@Fe-zm8rq]

This aged like fine wine

[@volkerWinkens-pq4of]

😘😍

[@Nawaz-Tahir]

Nigel Farage has left the chat.

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

I can see. Nigel farage crying in his office

[@TotorLafrite]

Poor thing 🤣(it is ironic of course)

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Beautiful. pOignant. Too bad it's no longer the UK's transnational anrthem.

[@PatHarrisonArt]

how can I get permission to use this video in a live stream on National Rejoin Day?

[@dasharts7303]

hi there - do you want to email us at [e-mail]. thank you

[@LouieBeethoven]

Ja!

[@Bareego]

Yay for once the flashmob didn't hack the harmonies and parts

[@mariakelly90210]

England, sorry that you voted to leave the European Union? Ancient Alien Theorists say YES!

[@petertunbridge269]

Here we are 29/05/2021 about to exit COVID 19 FREEDOM AT LAST.

[@Mistfall254]

Were they singing in German?

[@nicolecuvillier9698]

Yes

[@Mistfall254]

@ thx 4 the reply

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Beethoven borrowed the main theme from Mozart's Misericordias Domini.

[@gordoncrowther7913]

If they were to do this today 2024 they would be arrested for rioting

[@barrymcmanmon9595]

They would not.

[@Gosportjohn]

I hope they have improved since this performance

[@WanderingWayfinderLibrarian]

*sigh* You cheeky buggers

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

The best Christmas gift to share with your new cyber supporters fans, celebrating Jesus Christ birthday event it must be the biggest paaaarty ever seen fans, those who are Covid immune lucky untouchables giving us a hope that all this global apocalypse can be over, sing along everybody plizzzzzz

[@Tocsin-Bang]

But a year later, in a day which made the UK weaker, they left.

[@josephfowlerblogs597]

U CANT DO IT WITHOUT TIMPANI

[@plasticbucket]

You are gone stay gone , you are welcome to Truss . B

[@johnmcgrath6192]

beutiful but sad to watch. Ode to Joy is the anthem of the EU. But the UK has turned its back on the EU, to its own detriment.

[@lt.col.abhikadhikaryretd.1217]

Me Indian Listing to a song sung in German By the British 😅

[@o.-w.heinze1350]

According to the text not sung by British cut European citizens though based in Britain...

[@mrnobody4237]

Good effort, but ours definitely sounds more like a load of carol singers compared to the rest.

[@rowmantowman7614]

Ours?

[@colinmccarthy7921]

You should get a well known Rock Group to play Ode to Joy.Believe me,it would be fantastic.You would have the electric guitars,Etc. at full blast.Yeah,Man,Yeah.

[@sebholm9688]

Hats off, but check out the German versions , you got knocked off the park,

[@uweschreiber8226]

Ein bisschen schwach auf der Brust das Ganze

[@profelibro2351]

When u decided to copy this, you didn't realized the original flashmob has all the sounds perfectly mixed in studio.

[@dinkarrao1]

as nation which was subjugate by little England i i have no love for you

[@nicolecuvillier9698]

j' a l' imression qu' ils chantent avec un accent français !

[@MrLexorate]

out of sync

[@Microtubui]

one good thing germany produced^^

[@Mallakai]

That is a perfect example for beeing a stupid person. germany is one of the greatest export nations in the world. latest example is the vaccine you took against covid 19. i dont know why people like you exist.

[@mrsteveinsandiego]

Buskers=street performers

[@hugohackenbush1554]

No disrespect intended, I also hasten to add that I have been a fan of Beethoven for more than 60 years. However, this sounded like a wall full of cats wailing for supper and simultaneously arguing amongst themselves over the choice of entre. You gave it a valiant effort.

[@hugohackenbush1554]

@ian sharp Ian my friend, that is all anyone can ever do. A very fair point you made and one I sincerely applaud. 👌🏼

[@hugohackenbush1554]

@ian sharp BELLY LAUGH OUT LOUD OF THE WEEK AWARD 🏆 😂 I'm exactly the same lol In the shower I'm a, sensation. It's when I get out of the shower that even the backyard cats yell in unison, "Shuddup will ya!"

[@stephenthompson9819]

That's unkind! No, it's not the best version ever (N

[@stephenthompson9819]

(Nurnberg?) But it's fun and happy-making.

[@AHSIH4AHSIH]

der mit seiner Kamera-Klicken nervt ... merkt der nicht, dass er neben der Video-Kamera steht? Die dein dauerhafteres dokumentarisch Zeitdokument für KZbin macht ... kann es sich nicht zurückhalten mit seiner Presse-Kamera (wer hat sonst heute noch analog-klicken) für sein vergängliches Tagesblatt ...

[@groslait7814]

In England but singing a german song 😂

[@ReconRat3]

Who cares? This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written in ANY language! By a man who was DEAF when he wrote it, hearing each part in his mind!

[@alisonhowells3393]

HONESTYLY it would look a huge lot better without the music scores

[@marcoholzel8294]

Europahymne in London...Leute lauft...lol

[@ezrafriesner8370]

As a young Brit, I say bring on the Beethoven!

[@gobbledygook888]

not synchronized 😢

[@mrsaintashes]

typical Britain.. im sure they had to get permits from the police, fire service, ambulance mayor, a bill passed on their behalf , health a safety present, crowd control van, cctv monitoring stations, etc..... compared to other flash mobs.. they were better off performing in a church than on the street...it lost all its flair

[@arthurrsaker8893]

It was the most awful performance of that nobly inspiring and uplifting work of musical and poetic art that I have ever listened to. The screeching tone was a tragic parody of what Beethoven intended. Without the full bodied sound of cellos it was painful to hear.

[@irektesluk2040]

they didn't want the Union

[@ezrafriesner8370]

I certainly did 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

[@martind9575]

Bring back ca Classical , we all know what pop is crap

[@drjojo5551]

Thank you Jesus!!! NOT AN ARAB IN SIGHT!!!!!!!

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Ode to Joy the EU empire anthem ..History tells us all Empires fall in the end not long now

[@pascalmassie4706]

I am so sorry you guys voted for Brexit.

[@russskinner]

Were not

[@pascalmassie4706]

@@russskinner that is "we are not" (also "we're not") but not "were not."

[@nigelbevan8449]

What has Beethoven's 9th got to do with BREXIT? Please enlighten me?

[@pascalmassie4706]

@@nigelbevan8449 Ode to Joy is the European Union's anthem.

[@nigelbevan8449]

@@pascalmassie4706 But "the EU" didn't exist when Beethoven' was alive...

[@MarioStahl1983]

This choir is just as disharmonious as the EU itself.

[@ГалинаДемидова-т4щ]

На открытом пространстве исполнять любую музыку непросто. Тем более, что 9 симфония прелполагает исполнение двойным составом оркестра и хора.

[@CandiceJoergan]

Well, at least they tried.

[@mado_3654]

Hehe ironic

[@kerriar]

Just more remoaner stuff - will they never learn that the British people voted for a wonderful Brexit.

[@AndrewInglis-g9g]

Fund the arts properly , stingy tories !!

[@singensymthe5466]

armature hour

[@rbhatto]

Horrible. Not even a glad noise.

[@martinholt3608]

That was a dreadful rendition.

[@p46967]

I'm sorry but this was pretty awful

[@uweschreiber8226]

The British have no right to play and sing the anthym of Europe !!!

[@arthurrsaker8893]

What a spitefully infantile thing to say. We have as much right as anyone to the enjoyment of Beethoven's wonderful music and ( I think) Goethe's noble and inspiring words. And who gave you the right to decree who should be allowed that pleasure. Your bigotry encapsulates all that patriotic people of every nationality, detest and abhor. If you and like-minded people imagine that poisonous opinions such as yours will one day make Brits come crawling back to be governed by the European Polit Bureau, you have badly misread the character of the British people. Get a life and grow up Uwe

[@uweschreiber8226]

@@arthurrsaker8893 The words of european Anthym are written by Friedrich Schiller, who was a german Poet and a friend of Goethe. Both lived in Weimar and profit from each other. The original Titel of Schillers poem is "Ode an die Freude". And Britannia is welcom back in the european family, I hope you come back soon.

[@ReconRat3]

MUSIC does not have political boundaries! Only art, and emotion! What country, doesn’t matter. Boundaries change. Ruling parties don’t matter. They change often. Governments do not matter. They change. Music is a form of permanent prayer, and the peak of human achievement. Hopefully, when Aliens come down to Earth, they listen to real music, and NOT inane political blathering.