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For patrons of the arts enjoying the view from tweet seats, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus has a new holiday carol for you. And it’s not crowdsourced—it’s snowsourced.
“How do you warm up in the cold? Tweet us your ideas and our CPO Chorus will sing your tweets on video,” the orchestra posted on Nov. 23.
The open call generated 20 tweets, which were arranged by chorus master Timothy Shantz, according to Bit Rebels. Set to the tune of “O Fortuna” (by way of Carl Orff’s instantly familiar “Carmina Burana”), “Singing Tweets” lists helpful winter suggestions, like “make some really good mulled wine” and “put up a tree with the kids.”
Uploaded by TourismCalgary on Dec. 1, the nearly three-minute-long song has already garnered more than 50,000 views. It’s an entertaining clash of highbrow entertainment and microblogging, a perfect winter medley.
“Love you all the way down in Texas =) Beautiful Music!!” posted TxMoniD in response on YouTube.
“B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T Our new winter national anthem!!!!!” added flungingpictures.