Video: Orch musicians start playing on delayed US flight

Video: Orch musicians start playing on delayed US flight

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norman lebrecht

February 10, 2015

Four Grammy-winning members of the Seattle Symphony, on their way to Palm Springs, suffered a disagreeable setback when the Alaska Air plane turned around and was sent back to gate.

To keep their fellow-passengers happy, the four – violinists Mikhail Shmidt and Elisa Barston, violist Susan Gulkis Assadi and cellest Walter Gray – got out their instruments and played a quartet movement. The flight soon got lift-off.

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