Take On Me - a-ha - Brooklyn Duo at Carnegie Hall

Take On Me by a-ha, arranged and performed LIVE on cello, piano, and with chamber ensemble by Brooklyn Duo and Ensemble Connect.

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We were thrilled to partner with Ensemble Connect for this video, filmed in Carnegie Hall's beautiful education wing. Thank you so much to all the musicians who participated. You guys were amazing!

Ensemble Connect:
Rebecca Anderson, violin
Maren Rothfritz, viola
Madeline Fayette, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Bixby Kennedy, clarinet
Rémy Taghavi, bassoon
Oliver Barrett, trombone

Brooklyn Duo:
Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello

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Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello

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[BrooklynDuo]

We had such a great time working with the talented members of Ensemble Connect. This was filmed in the beautiful new Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall. Thanks for watching! (P.S. Patrick is finally back from his Break of Reality tour in Asia so we'll have lots of new videos coming soon.) ❤️

[surtaandume_psykermystyk]

2:13 the precise way to drop tha beat whilst playing classical instruments

[tombell]

I know I'm a little late to the party (6 years) but just seeing this now. Although I'm 56, I was 18 when this song came out. I can't believe that was 38 years ago. This is such a beautiful cover of one of my most favorite 80's songs. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Smokescale]

I genuinely, deeply, whole-heartedly love this. It's gorgeous. I would love to see more productions like this!

[wildfiyre]

I love how the bass starts off! Us bassists don't get nearly enough credit, so I'm glad the bassist could start off :)

[misters]

The "RIP" at 2:13 is freaking AWESOME!

[abcsandoval]

Cameraman or women was the 10 artist there. Flowed with the music perfectly.

[fraserbrown]

That sound at 2:13 will always give me chills

[sooutstanding]

i hope a-ha live gets to see this. This is the perfect song to play in the morning driving to work. It truly brings joy to the heart....before co-workers work my blood pressure lol.

[Shredder]

Want to let you know that people are still listening to this! Love this

[laila-lyv]

1:57 flight of the bumblebee!!!
This is amazing🤩

[Artemis]

Can we just take some time to appreciate how genuinly happy mr. Kennedy on the clarinet looks, just sitting there and looking like he's just really enjoying being there.

[michiworkz]

Music is such a wonderful thing. We would not live without it.

[abcsandoval]

Unbelievable. How did anyone ever come up with this chemistry of instruments...trombone? bassoon? etc. They all harmonized so well. A delicious marinade.

[smoocifilms]

Everone is obsessed with the flight of the bumblebee but isn't talking about how amazing and chilling 2:30 is

[cdciam]

I especially enjoyed watching the guy in the red shirt on the right. He just looks so happy to be there.

[jraymond]

It is really impressive to see people who are not only THAT good at what they do, but also appear to enjoy doing it. You can almost sense the happiness through each of the players' motions.

[SydneyRoo]

Who needs a bass drop when you can drop a cello like that

[ProfessorChomsky]

As a punter who loves music but who knows nothing about music technically etc., this seems to me absolute perfection xx

[MetallicAddict]

The setting, the camerawork, the arrangement, the musicianship, ... Everything about this cover is simply perfect. Insta-sub.