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Third installment of #QuarantineMusic to get us through #LuzonLockdown, a thread. Since it's Sunday, starting with a hymn, a beautiful rendition of "Abide With Me," by the Quarantine Choir, March 29, 2020:

2. A very moving performance of Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" by 111 musicians and singers from 18 states and 9 different countries( including China), brought together by a piano store of all things, March 30, 2020:

3. The West Australia Symphony Orchestra phoned in a brisk performance of Ravel's "Bolero," March 25, 2020:

4. The day before, March 24, 2020, the #stayathome Orchestra did a very whimsical phoned-in version of Ravel's "Bolero," fun to watch indeed:

5. Continuing in a humorous vein, the Vienna Volksoper did a tongue-in-cheek phoned-in version of the iconic "Blue Danube Waltz," April 2, 2020 (complete with cameos by their ballerinos and ballerinas):

6. Speaking of the "Blue Danube Waltz," the Stratus Chamber Orchestra phoned-in their own version on April 1, 2020, also in a whimsical mood:

7. Ballerinos like the Vienna Volksoper wanted to chip in, and Deutsche Welle Classical wasn't far behind, with an instructional video on dancing ballet at home during lockdown, April 3, 2020:

8. Pop isn't far behind during quarantine, with this being perhaps the gooiest and most over-acting performance of "My Heart Will Go On," by Hauser and Señorita, March 25, 2020:

9. Here's the Virtual Orchestra performing "What the World Needs Now," on March 22, 2020:

10. To help support artists affected by lockdowns, John Foreman's Aussie Pops Orchestra phoned-in a truly moving performance of "What a Wonderful World." If it doesn't make you melt, you lack a pulse. March 29, 2020:

11. For her part, Joan Baez has been uploading songs to encourage people, such as her version of "Imagine," March 26, 2020:

12. The pianist Scott Bradlee put forward a cover of "Leaving on a Jet Plane," March 30, 2020:

13. Maru Holloway, with a husband working from home and kids studying at home due to lockdown, shifted to an electronic piano to keep playing and mastered the dramatic tango, "El Choclo," March 29, 2020:

14. From his farm in Argentina, Ricardo Havenstein spent his lockdown demonstrating how to play "La Paloma" on a guitar, April 2, 2020:

15. For his part, Houssem Ben Hamza did a (haunting) lockdown rendition of "House of the Rising Sun," March 23, 2020:

16. The Avalon Jazz Band phoned-in a performance of the standard, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" but with lyrics updated to reflect the #COVID19 era, March 29, 2020:

17. The Chad LB Virtual Big Band phoned-in a swinging version of Cole Porter's "Easy To Love" on March 24, 2020:

18. "Socially Distanced Performers in Albaquerque, NM" formed the Quarantine Jazz Orchestra and jammed virtually together on March 28, 2020:

19. Folk musicians haven't been far behind. The
Letajici Rabin Klezmer Ensemble, stuck in five different lockdown locations, still managed to phone in a jolly rendition of "Ot Azoy" from Shloimke Beckerman, March 21, 2020:

20. And did you know there's modern klezmer? Danube's Banks performed the superhyper "Sheep on Speed aka Karacho Karakul" on March 27, 2020 (fun!):

21. Is it bluegrass? It's a Steve Martin (his musical side) cover anyway: the Chopped Liver Bluegrass Band playing "Caroline," March 22, 2020:

22. Some world music, from the Middle East: the Jerusalem Orchestra E&W doing "Darbuka La Corona" on March 25, 2020:

23. New compositions have been a feature of online musical collaborations. 121 tracks, 75 musicians, 11 countries, 3 continents and one original tune, "Lockdown Waltz," by the Corona Orchestra, March 28, 2020:

24. Back to more traditional classical, "Carmen," by Street Orchestra Live (great morning workout music one of them points out!), March 26, 2020:

25. Orchestra members from around the U.S.A. formed the "Stay At Home" Symphony Orchestra to do virtual performances, in this case the overture to Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," March 30, 2020:

26. With many commencement exercises cancelled due to lockdowns, members of WTAMU Symphony gathered virtually to wish the Class of 2020 “good luck”; via trio from Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, March 27, 2020: