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The 'other WHO' bringing music to the isolated
World Harmony Orchestra, previously campaigning for refugees and commemorating the Holocaust, has turned its talents to safely playing socially distanced concerts
A WHO musician plays for the isolated during the coronavirus

IF THERE’s been something to take heart from during this crisis, it’s been the groups and communities that have found ways to express solidarity and togetherness despite enforced separation.

With touch out of the question, people have leant on sound — with people sharing renditions of Bella Ciao from the rooftops or, if you’ve got my neighbours, hacking out Bob Marley on acoustic guitars every Friday night.

But while certain communities are primed for such action, others aren’t. And many vulnerable individuals, in this scary time, are well-advised to not even stand at the front of their house — let alone risk coming into closer contact with their neighbours.

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