{"id":37456,"date":"2016-06-27T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=37456"},"modified":"2016-06-27T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T16:37:27","slug":"brexit-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/06\/27\/brexit-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK | European Musicians Gather To Play Ode To Joy In Response To Brexit (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XM1GNsPGftc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slippedisc.com\/2016\/06\/first-video-london-musicians-play-ode-for-joy-in-spontaneous-brexit-response\/\">Slipped Disc<\/a> has published a moving video of a performance of Beethoven&#8217;s Ode To Joy by a &#8220;scratch orchestra&#8221; of musicians from around Europe and the UK. The impromptu orchestra gathered after the votes were counted on Friday, June 24, in London\u2019s Trafalgar Square outside of\u00a0St Martin-in-the-Fields to express their profound grief surrounding the controversial and historic vote to leave the EU.<\/p>\n<p>While some have called this a protest against democracy, others see it as a message for unity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and review\u00a0before anyone else finds out? Get our exclusive newsletter\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/app_100265896690345\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0for all the latest.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchestra gathers in London\u2019s Trafalgar Square outside of St Martin-in-the-Fields to express their grief surrounding the controversial and historic vote to leave the EU. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":37457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,4932],"tags":[6227,2515],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/odetojoy_brexit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-9K8","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37460,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37456\/revisions\/37460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37456"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=37456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}