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    Laurent posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago

    Concert de Noël dans la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhPiJ2Fk5nk

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      FiatLux replied 5 years, 3 months ago

      Beautiful singing, beautiful setting! The Bach cello solo is superb too!
      (Mais quels costumes bizarres pour une fête de Noël…)
      (I get the hardhats, but the attire is a bit unusual for the occasion…)

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          Laurent replied 5 years, 3 months ago

          I tend to think the outfit was caused by an absurd adherence to the whims of french bureaucratic acolytes in order so the concert may be cancelled lest the performers be shamed and embarrassed by the spectacle. However, as I see it, this is a gigantic “fuck you” to Macron and his diminutive seat of power.

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              FiatLux replied 5 years, 3 months ago

              Not sure I understand. I can believe the bureaucrats would require safety hats. But the orchestra chose what clothes to wear. You think they chose the clothes in order to say, “OK, if you insist we dress up as workers, we’ll go all the way”–to show how absurd the safety regulations are?

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                  Laurent replied 5 years, 3 months ago

                  I think it was probably mandated that the outfits were part of what was required to be in the building. This is a heritage site and would probably come under several bureaucracies.
                  It really doesn’t need to make sense, it’s bureaucracy.

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              DanaThomas replied 5 years, 3 months ago

              The music is alright but more they dress up as “workers” the less convincing they are…