Last week, several reviewers both from the tech and the music world gave their opinions of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. I must admit, I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to the whole event while it was going on, nor during the ramp up period.
I couldn’t put my finger on exactly why, but both Liz Gannes from NewTeeVee and Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times both called the performance and concept gimmicky. I think that’s what the concept struck me as – gimmicky.
Still, something compelled me to hit the play button on the video this afternoon, and I’m glad I did. It isn’t a gimmicky symphony at all. Typically, with an online video, my trigger finger gets a little itchy a couple of minutes in.
Such was not the case with this performance. With musical selections ranging from the utterly esoteric to the emotionally touching, I was enraptured with the whole performance.
You will be to. Give it a listen.
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