He wasn’t expecting this #birthdaysurprise 🥹

[Probity]

Whoever composed this transition…, they all conducted it perfectly. The best happy birthday rendition ever.

[djscratcha]

That's the most majestic happy birthday song I've ever heard.

[elmondo-se]

You can only imagine the instant sinking feeling in his gut when he realised “that’s not right” followed by the realisation of what they were playing, then the emotion of all that. He looks so speechless. What a beautiful way to celebrate his birthday 😊

[down-east]

he almost broke in the beginning, you can see he was taken aback by the surprise and he was truly moved by it. Very subtle reaction but I caught it for sure. Beautiful moment ✌🏻☮️

[jeremydunne]

That was very impressive. You could see the point where he suddenly wondered what was happening and put his baton down with acceptance. Brilliant.

[Username]

This was one of the most impressive renditions of happy birthday I've ever heard.

[Aadya-ql]

That was the most magical birthday song I've ever heard❤

[wirwit]

You can tell by how amazing they sounded when switching over to happy birthday that this conductor has touched every one of their hearts

[marybarry]

That without any doubt was the best rendition of “happy birthday“ I have ever heard! Congratulations to the conductor and his awesome orchestra!

[carolfraz]

You can see the smiles on the musicians faces

[jcwelch]

As a former 3rd string, chair trumpet player in 7th grade, I can tell U that there is no more greater respect that a conductor can achieve than the devotion & love of their orchestra, band!! Touching!😂 Ohh, the memories!! Again, from the top...😅

[Chanteuse]

This isn't something you can just do spontaneously. It takes work and planning. These people would've had to take extra time AFTER hours of rehearsal to work out the timing and make the transition seamless, all without him knowing. What a beautiful testament to their love and respect for this man!

[rickilee]

I had tears listening to this. Such respect for their conductor.

[matthewsykes]

That is the best sounding Happy Birthday I've ever heard... Awesome and well deserved.

[margaretnakhid-chatoor]

This gesture is beautiful! The stuff that real men are made of!🎉

[jordan.newsom]

The song is "Palladio: I. Allegretto" for anyone wondering.

[lindaarnold]

This is how kindness works. We need more.❤

[steevelapointe]

at 15 sec, you can see this bassist is smilling, knowing what will happen in 5 sec

we can also see that the conductor have a lil tears at first, look when its zoom on his face, you can clearly see hes ceyig from joy inside him, hes very glad about this surprise

[hoho]

the transition is so smooth, great musicians

[miriamlandau]

This was so beautiful it brought me to tears. It was wonderful to see the look on his face and how touched he look even though he was holding back a lot of emotions. Everyone in the orchestra had to feel just incredible that they could give him this gift.❤❤❤❤🎉