For this year's Fête de la Musique, or World Music Day, 25 orchestras, representing the public broadcasters of Europe, collaborated on a unique virtual recording of Charpentier's Te Deum - watch above.
The well-known piece has been popularised across generations from its use as the signature of the Eurovision Song Contest, and now, for the first time, the European Broadcasting Union has brought these national ensembles together to play the piece in a way its never been performed before - truly, united in music.
The featured orchestras include:
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Belteleradio Company, The Symphony Orchestra of the national State TV and radio Company of Belarus
HR, Frankfurt Radio Symphony
HRT, Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radiotelevision
MTVA, Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra
NDR, Radiophilharmonie Hannover
NPO, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
NRK, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
ORF, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Polski Radio, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
Radio France, L'Orchestre National de France
Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Radio Romania Orchestra
Rai, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale
RTE´ Concert Orchestra
RTE´ National Symphony Orchestra
RTSH, Symphonic Orchestra of RTSH – Albanian Radio Television
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
RTVS, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
SR, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
UA:PBC, Ukranian Radio Symphony Orchestra
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
