First video: Musicians play Ode for Joy in spontaneous Brexit response

First video: Musicians play Ode for Joy in spontaneous Brexit response

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norman lebrecht

June 26, 2016

The night after the EU referendum result, a scratch orchestra of young musicians and singers from around Europe and the UK gathered outside St Martin-in-the-Fields in London’s Trafalgar Square to express their emotions.

No UK media have reported this event, which was flagged up on Friday afternoon on Slipped Disc.

You see it here first.

© 2016 Apple and Biscuit Recordings.

UPDATE: The conductor is Dinis Sousa, who is from Portugal.

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