Orchestra in France plays sweet music amid lockdown
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Like building a musical jigsaw puzzle, the National Orchestra of France used the magic of technology to weave together the sight and sounds of its musicians, who filmed themselves playing alone in their homes into a seamless, rousing whole. When France went into lockdown, kettledrum player Didier Benetti couldn't take his hefty musical instruments home. So unlike other musicians, he had to improvise for the video, enthusiastically pretending to bang two chairs in his living room with utensils he took from his kitchen.