"This unusual rendition of Bolero, one of the world's best-known pieces of classical music, had been reworked by conductor Didier Benetti into a condensed four-minute version.The original work is about 15 minutes long and written for 80 musicians.The ONF clip has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube since it was uploaded on March 29 -- 12 days into France's campaign of home confinement to brake the coronavirus pandemic.It can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=117&v=Sj4pE_bgRQI&feature=emb_logoThe video begins with the artists introducing themselves one by one.

"For Riviere it was also a way to spread joy, "something universal in this particularly difficult time" which has seen the ONF cancel all concerts. © 2020 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. It was a pleasure.

The ONF is one of two orchestras of Radio France. "It highlights Ravel's orchestration and how this music works.

... individual Orchestre national de France ... a Radio France video editor in charge of the project. Les musiciens de l’Orchestre National de France ont voulu accompagner à leur manière les Français en leur offrant un beau moment de musique : Le Boléro de Ravel qu’ils interprètent ensemble de chez eux.Les musiciens apparaissent en mosaïque sur l’écran et donnent l’illusion de jouer tous ensemble. "At the end, when we have all 51 musicians, I amused myself by recreating the positioning of the orchestra on the screen," said Scapolan. "But with this moving video, we wanted to say to the public: 'We are still there for you'.

Le Boléro de Ravel par les musiciens de l'Orchestre National de France en plein confinementLes musiciens de l’Orchestre National de France ont voulu accompagner à leur manière les Français en leur offrant un beau moment de musique : Vidéo réalisée Dimitri Scapolan et Didier Benetti (arrangement).Direction de la Musique / Orchestre National de France : François Arveiller // / // One by one.Alone in their kitchens, lounges or dining rooms, individual Orchestre national de France (ONF) musicians played as their mobile phones recorded their parts in Maurice Ravel's thrilling orchestral score.Then the magic: a technician jigsawed the bits together into a video mosaic to create a near flawless, combined performance of woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings. French orchestra plays on through virus confinement. Audience ratings certified by ACPM/OJD.A French orchestra has found a way around the coronavirus lockdown to record a 51-instrument rendition of Ravel's Bolero. "It provides a feeling of union" in a time of confinement, said violinist David Riviere, who recorded his part while listening to the piece through headphones. L’Orchestre National de France est d’habitude rassemblé à la Maison de la Radio, à Paris. "It is awful to not be working," said Michel Orier, music director at Radio France.

"I would never have imagined synchronising the sound of instruments not playing together," said Dimitri Scapolan, a Radio France video editor in charge of the project. "The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra had done a similar recording with Beethoven's Ode to Joy, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring -- each bringing together some 20 musicians.The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. "It is a virtual reunion; we're gathered on the 'Cloud' but we have our colleagues in mind while playing. The music starts with instruments being played on three split screens, then four, and more and more as the piece crescendos. "When I overlapped all the pieces recorded by the cellphones on my computer, to my great astonishment, everyone was in perfect harmony," he told AFP. Claude Guibal lauréate 2020 du Prix Christophe de Ponfilly de la Scam "All I had to do was to adjust the levels a bit and add some resonance -- it mixed itself. "For the participants, it was a chance to escape their own confinement, at least mentally, but also to help boost the spirits of others.

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