Music never dies: “Bolero” busts out of coronavirus lockdown

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Even with its members scattered far and wide by the coronavirus, an orchestra in France has managed to make sweet music in lockdown. Musicians with the National Orchestra of France filmed themselves playing “Bolero” alone at home. Like building a musical jigsaw puzzle, a sound engineer then stitched together the musicians’ individual footage into a seamless and rousing whole. The orchestra posted a video of the stitched-together performance on YouTube. The performance was a way for musicians to keep in touch with each other and with audiences they sorely miss playing for. The video has quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views.