- 2025-03-30
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MUSIC
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Jacob Collier Improvises with National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center
British singer-songwriter Jacob Collier has dropped a new live video for “Jacob Collier Improvises the National Symphony Orchestra” directed by Kristin Fosdick.
This time, he challenged to improvise with American National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The performance was inspired by the 2017 live video in which American singer-songwriter Ben Folds composed a piece live with the National Symphony Orchestra in just 10 minutes at the Kennedy Center.
Jacob Collier said of the video, “A few months ago, I was challenged by Ben Folds to improvise a piece of music with an orchestra, with no plan, no sheet music, no rehearsal, and no prior discussion. Here's what happened.”- Jacob Collier described this improvisation with National Symphony Orchestra to the audience, “So those of you who are familiar with this concert series will know one thing for sure, and that is the man who is responsible for my presence and your presence, and ultimately all our presence, whose name is Ben Folds. He is a man of great esteem, and one of the things that I fell in love with watching him do as a kid was improvising with the orchestra. Has anyone seen these legendary videos people have seen this? And so I've known Ben for a few years now, and we've been sort of back and forth online. We only met for the first time in person about three days ago. It was cool. It was good. And Ben wanted to challenge me to something which I've never done before my entire life, which I kind of enjoy in theory. And the idea was, what if I stood there and tried to create something with the orchestra that has no plan, no sheet music, no rule book and no prior discussion? And I somehow agreed to this. And so what I will now attempt to do with your grace and permission, of course, is to try to create something from scratch with these masterful musicians that you see before you right before your rights.”
- source : YouTube
