I met these two men, possibly brothers, walking along in Parc de la Ciutadella. Listen to the recording, and imagine how funny it was for people passing by to hear these two men singing a loud love song, in the park in the afternoon, playing the parts of Aladdin and the Princess.

3 October 2013, Barcelona. "A Whole New World"

These three young ladies, sitting on the grass in the park, overheard me asking an older man to sing. They waved me over to them and said "She'll sing, she'll sing" all pointing to each other. They decided all to sing together, in the afternoon, there in the Parc de La Ciutadella, Barcelona.

3 October 2013, Barcelona - Parc de La Ciutadella

Another Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona recording: 
This one happened when I approached a woman, who was standing alone, to see if she would sing. She spoke Hungarian (I was trying out Spanish), but she walked away and brought back a young lady who spoke English and we found our communication. Turns out they were two people of a group of about 15 people in Barcelona visiting together from Hungary on business. They gathered in a circle and sang this song, near the entrance of the park. People passing by kept stopping to watch, and by the end of this song they had gathered a small crowd.

3 October 2013, Barcelona. Hungarian Group Song

Seated, editing recordings at a nearby table on my computer, I heard this man singing  lovely, clear, and high while unlocking his bicycle. I approached him and asked if I could record him singing -- he sang this while standing there holding the handles of his bicycle, as if he just paused to let it happen before going on his way. He was modest and soft-spoken -- at the end of the recording you can hear me busting out an excited "so beautiful!" to which he responded "no, no... whatever...haha...okay"
Two days later I installed this recording, along with several others, playing aloud each in its own lit box along a street out front of La Friche La Belle de Mai, quite close to where this recording was taken. Much to my surprise (I couldn't even make this ish up) as I am installing this box, listening to it play, I hear it almost doubled, because riding by on a bicycle is this same elegant fellow, singing opera again. I yelled out to him "it's you!" He stopped and said "what?" then heard himself playing from the box. He said "wow-- that's amazing. I feel just like I'm hearing my ghost."  

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