French orchestra’s heartwarming performance amid lockdown hits the right notes

Founded in 1934, the Orchestre national de France is a Paris based French symphony orchestra.

Amid the ongoing lockdown, members of the National Orchestra of France found a chance to escape their own confinement and in a virtual reunion of sorts found an interesting way to entertain music lovers around the world.

Sharing a heartwarming performance while being confined at home, members of the Orchestra recorded themselves playing “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, one of the world’s best-known pieces of classical music, and then collectively presented a show online.

Founded in 1934, the Orchestre national de France is a Paris-based French symphony orchestra and mainly performs at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

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