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Ben Folds Composes a Song LIVE for Orchestra In Only 10 Mins

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago

YouTube description:

NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds composes a piece live with the National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edwin Outwater during Sound Health in Concert: Music and the Mind, presented by The Kennedy Center and National Institutes of Health. Introduced by Dr. Charles Limb.

(via Laughingsquid, H/T @eric3579)

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Truly impressive.

Just imagine if he had another 10 minutes!

BSR

Who knew composing orchestral symphonies was so easy?!

why is this video 13 minutes+, this confuses me profoundly

ant

*livemusic

Adding video to channels (Livemusic) - requested by ant.

Because once he had finished composing it, in under 10 minutes, the actual performance took 2m30 minutes, then there was some applause and wrapping up.

why is this video 13 minutes+, this confuses me profoundly

*promote *quality

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 5:40am PDT - promote requested by eric3579.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by eric3579.

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