one-man-orchestra
British musician Ben Morfitt has used computer technology to create an orchestral performance in which he plays every instrument. The enterprising 24-year-old filmed himself performing nine instruments in front of a green screen in his bedroom and from these recordings created 70 identical 'Bens' to populate his orchestra.
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The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
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Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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The work has been arranged and recorded for double bass by James Oesi for his latest single release
The film follows the ground-breaking career of bassist Orin O’Brien, who joined the orchestra in 1966
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