Funny! Orchestra plays Microsoft Windows™ - the waltz

Rainer Hersch performs his waltz based on the sounds used in Windows XP. CHECK out Rainer Hersch: www.rainerhersc... BUY STUFF bit.ly/2dZdYRn JOIN his mailing list: bit.ly/1oLyrXY
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Comedian and musician Rainer Hersch performs his waltz based on the sounds used in Windows XP with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
ABOUT RAINER HERSCH
British stand-up comedian Rainer Hersch has performed on every comedy stage in the UK and in more than thirty countries across the world. He has appeared thirteen times at Edinburgh Festival, headlined the famous Comedy Store and presented countless shows for BBC TV and Radio. A trained pianist and conductor, he also combines his comedy with music, leading orchestras from Australia to St Petersburg - including many Pops Concert series in the US and Canada. He has collaborated with some of the great names in classical music including Alfred Brendel, Nicola Benedetti, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Marc-André Hamelin. All comedy orchestral arrangements are his.
Join the Rainer Hersch fan channel bit.ly/1hGR52j to check out his other clips. Rainer is available either solo or with orchestra and for performances in English, German, Spanish and French. For all enquiries: [e-mail]
DEUTSCH, FRANÇAIS, ESPAÑOL
Rainer Hersch führt seine Walzer basiert auf den Sounds in Windows XP
Rainer Hersch mène sa valse basée sur les sons utilisés dans Windows XP
Rainer Hersch realiza su vals basado en los sonidos utilizados en Windows XP

And after 9 years, we are here. Just as recommended

[@Dan4096]

"You're probably wondering why I gathered you all here today" - KZbin

[@SansULB29]

After 9 years, I have finally arrived at this glorious masterpiece!

[@HelenaVanCity]

One of the very few times KZbin recognized and met my needs! LOL

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Same, what's up with that?

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Indeed.

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So KZbin recommendations has brought us back together gentlemen

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Arturo Romo 😂😂

[@NotJohn6969]

Long time no see, comrades

[@mlg8605]

Black Dr. Phil Indeed

[@michaelweathersbee1442]

Indeed

[@theboosers6784]

Good to see im not the only one

[@randomperson1714]

Th entire orchestra saying “shit” all together is music to my ears.

[@coltonjohns8031]

I found that was the funniest thing I have ever heard an Orchestra do!

[@matthiasfoo1217]

this dude was able to coordinate an entire orchestra to say shit in sync

[@hellomoto4906]

Shift. As in press any button to continue

[@fatheranthony4pope]

@@hellomoto4906 they definitely said shit

[@alexiz0013]

@@matthiasfoo1217 I know right. My gosh, this bit is great 😄

[@visceralrat]

found this accidentally, still enjoying myself

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Great. Look up some of the other stuff and SUBSCRIBE!!!

[@The34dBacon]

Wtf

[@luumisk74]

Lol XD

[@patrickbateman6885]

big very large rat wowowoow I don’t think I want to know that you’re still enjoying yourself...

[@visceralrat]

FUC Daniel ANDREWS HE LOVES hard lockdown and CCP I’ve been thinking about this for a week. What does this mean?

welcome, lost traveler, to the recommendation section

[@valiang8867]

🗡️🛡️

[@JorgeRahuviano]

Lmao

[@lemonlattez]

LOL thanks comrade

[@panxc_220]

안녕하세요 김씨

[@da_yanti.f.6363]

LoL

[@tempoticandmeepstar7584]

I wonder if these players just have written on their sheet music, “Two measure rest, Sh*t”

[@SricharanAnand]

I counted it. It seems exactly like that. Wow! The attention to detail!

[@tempoticandmeepstar7584]

@@SricharanAnand Lol thanks

[@joshstew419]

Lmao who writes notes on sheet music

[@tempoticandmeepstar7584]

@@joshstew419 l guess I meant printed lol

[@Iranon666]

Instructions unclear...

[@Gallade400]

After the error sound, all of them said "Shit", which is the correct response right after.

[@tombalom986]

600 likes but no replies?

[@ilmari435]

@@tombalom986 Everyone who didn't like this don't even bother to tell the idiots how stupid the comment is?

[@ItzaMeGus]

@@ilmari435 the comment is literally desribing what happened..... not adding anything on..... he think he is the only person that has realised this or something lol

[@Sebby444]

ItzaMeGus time stamp?

[@Reeethegreat]

Yoshi The Legend watch the dang thing it’s not that long

[@WJen8]

If my computer sounded like this symphony I wouldn't even mind it breaking down 😂

[@Ghfvhvfg]

You wouldn’t get any work done but nice

[@ksgrande88]

You there, three years later KZbin recomended this video again. Come again and enjoy once more.

[@ishitamathur1614]

This is actually kind of genius

[@acheekykangaroo]

I totally agree, its brilliant!!

[@iliapachulia9012]

I must say I do not dislike this comment but sir you are at 70 and le funny is one lower

[@katherinelewis2735]

i agree.

[@BasedBlackGirl_]

You've got to be genius to be a composure. Brilliant minds do brilliant things.

[@JimboBurrito]

It took me 7 years for KZbin to recommend me this absolute MASTERPIECE!

[@jackbotman]

When you wanted to be a standup comedian, but your parents were like, nope you are going to Juilliard Wel fine then said Rainer Hersch to his parents

[@shgnamaste7730]

I can imagine his mother telling him to fetch the switch and he turned it into a conductors baton.

[@Robert08010]

@@shgnamaste7730 Just imagine what kind of switch Tesla would have returned with?

[@Robert08010]

@CptObvious Actually, one of the worlds best stand up comics ever - Robin Williams - went to Julliard.

[@nanaamadibiney6236]

No lie here!!😂😂

[@orlandoserpa4906]

That’s funny tho coz my friend wanted to be a comedian but got accepted into Julliard😂

[@srn306x]

Fun Fact: This is the most popular KZbin video about Microsoft

[@rogerwilco2]

Lol😄.

[@toster387]

I can't believe this dude made a bunch of talented professionals do a Waltz made up of Windows noises.

[@BenedictPetrina]

IanIsNotCool it actually even sounds good

[@rcslyman8929]

It was the "shit" that sold them.

[@marct.g.5468]

@@BenedictPetrina I agree, compared to everything else on the internet this is a masterpiece

[@SheriLynNut]

And they had fun doing it 😄

[@Arcanefungus]

Considering how they butchered the timing at the start that sounds a lot less crazy...

[@CHAOS_6E]

When you don’t know if you want to be a code developer or a musician

[@remizu2901]

Or a comedian

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

shit!

[@alee9915]

I was questioning myself about my job rn 🤣

[@dinkeycat]

The answer to the question of which you want to be: YES *eyes glow bright red*

[@ashjaylk]

how in the hell this is relevant to developers

[@Poyostar]

Huh... I didn't think I'd ever see the day where someone would go and make an entire waltz based off of Windows XP sound effects. Never underestimate the power of one's creativity, folks.

[@mckensieparker6414]

Totally agree with you! What's next, someone plays the windows 11 startup sound on violin? Oh wait! Too many people already did that! Um, yeah. They might as well play Rush E next.

[@SarafinaSummers]

@@mckensieparker6414 That's not windows xp. That's windows 2000 or nt

[@mckensieparker6414]

@@SarafinaSummers Actually, it is XP because you wouldn't hear these sounds in 2000 or 98!

[@zeroryoko1974]

​@SarafinaSummers I thought it was vista

[@affanfadillah1200]

i just realized that the old windows is an art gallery.

[@user-fr5ko2xc5w]

? explain

[@lunaesthel2643]

? i am confusion, america explain

[@colonelnoodles871]

I must agree, we need to put it in an art museum

[@nayankalitadualcitizen]

Window art gallery?

[@victorfigueroa9385]

The "Bliss Wallpaper" is what he is referring to. It's actually one of the most famous and known photos in the world.

[@ares679]

Windows: * *a band played it's trademark sound* Apple: :(

[@kad3e3]

Orchesta*

[@defrostedwinter]

Kade Campbell *Orchestra

[@saraelizabethsare2348]

This is their soundtrack for the next product

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Evidence that apple is trash

[@hairyputter5363]

Apple: you just have to pay for premium profesional plus version to hear our sound from actual instrument. And SE plus which is just $500 costlier

[@monabazzi2850]

Now THAT'S what I call "electronic music". 👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@FilipAnton-yq2jp]

Good point, so basically classical music did beat electronic music here 😆

[@monabazzi2850]

@@FilipAnton-yq2jp 🤣

[@moxiecat007]

Creative way to bring classical music to modern day society.

[@4074-j9d]

i think it's cool but it's still not bringing me to like orchestral music

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

It's not classical music though, it's orchestral which has never not been popular

[@carpinchipedia7009]

@@kasajizo8963 lmfao no they cannot. you wouldn’t call the opening music to Star Wars classical music and you certainly wouldn’t call Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata an orchestral work.

[@kasajizo8963]

@@carpinchipedia7009 oh my bad

[@kid4895]

2:28 orchestra.exe has stopped responding

[@xavierm-t7554]

Try turning it off and on again.

[@marct.g.5468]

**Calling tech support** Customer: I got an error of orchestra.exe not working Tech Support: Restart it. *Hangs up*

[@mavelyn_]

Shit!

[@itdepends604]

you mean orchestra.exe has stopped responding. i use arch btw

[@imlivinginyourbasement6157]

@@itdepends604 well aren't you a big brain lmao

[@nytemarequeen2365]

My parents are retired computer programmers with more than 20 years of working at AT&T between them. They LOVED this song XD

[@fizz8912]

Love how he was even conducting "shit"😂😂😭😭😭

[@hooodini3322]

best part

[@Snigaroo]

- So, what did you do yesterday? - I was conducting shit.. 🙃😅

[@sailorcat]

It makes sense though, everybody had to say it at the same time, so of course he had to give them a sign.

[@trainstracks2221]

Same 😂😂

[@trainstracks2221]

@@Snigaroo 😂😂

[@akashbalaji1806]

He seems like a fun person, I wouldn't be shocked if he pointed the stick at the crowd and shouted *EXPECTO* *PATRONUM*

[@akashbalaji1806]

@Isha Patel 😂

[@snehashinde1464]

Oh god 😂

[@phongphan2499]

Avada Kedavra

[@DigitalBroomstick]

You seem like a very unfunny person.... cringe

[@fim109]

nice one akash, good job!

[@ericc2129]

This is brilliant. I want to see this orchestra live.

[@trainstracks2221]

Same. 😂😂😂

[@RainbowYak]

I actually really love this Windows waltz. It sounds like something that Strauss would've composed. When I close my eyes and listen to this, I see a beautiful castle in 19th century Vienna with a lavish garden where well-dressed couples stroll on a sunny Sunday afternoon, flirting and marveling at the white marble and gold fountains.

[@ChoChan776]

ah yes, couples walking in their expensive clothes admiring the marble and gold while the peasant unwashed in the fields below break their backs under the plow and die of malnutrition and plague by the thousands.

[@JoJo-zx9sc]

@@ChoChan776 lol

[@butternotsquash729]

“Shit” Mmm yes fancy mmm yes ye olden waltz mmm

[@redblade5556]

then suddenly...the blue screen of death.

[@hafbuckeye1324]

@@ChoChan776 perfectly balanced

[@SleepySTEIN-103]

I have no idea how this appeared on my reccs bt i appreciate it... This is awesome

[@silverhours]

seems like everyone suddenly got this in their recommended, and i'm watching this at 2AM

[@patrickisatreestump7817]

4:48 AM

[@seanogburn3199]

4:20

[@seanogburn3199]

Yes, I waited 30 seconds to comment

[@valiang8867]

ryoujika midnight here

[@Em_101]

I feel exposed 😶

[@celestialtoystore]

He reminds me of a delightfully unhinged music teacher I had back in prep school.

[@SnowFall705]

right?

[@williamnjagi2388]

Mee too

[@felmargego2534]

It seems like nearly every music teacher is unhinged in some way or form. 😂

[@jillianwarring7458]

Here here!

[@curtisamos1615]

Mr watrell...my high school music teacher...this reminds me of him

[@Glitzerstaub]

and here we go again youtube 🤣

[@KEVIN-nf9oh]

I like that the audience equally enjoys it.

[@waywardgoddess7219]

Future sidenote: it's early 2021 and we welcome these wholesome recommendations with all of our sad little socially distanced sanitized anxiety ridden hearts

[@ericmoorev956]

How are you doing today my name is Eric moore

[@ronchamberlain8392]

Amen

[@user-hf3tc3su1b]

@@cheese6783 We never will nah I'm just kidding lol *seriously though*

[@alexiz0013]

Totally captured the mood! 😌😭

[@akankshasingh3946]

Why so apt.. My god !

[@hartfordboothe7466]

Well done. The orchestra playing the error sound followed by the collective "Shit" was *perfect*! Loved it!

[@vvapourstruck]

Shit...

[@KiyokaMakibi]

Vvapourstruck Boy 🤣

[@vus.690]

guys i found a 5 years old comment

[@yellowpancake7968]

Me too

[@hairyputter5363]

@@vus.690 Huh?

[@marcusaureliusatoninus5947]

O carp u rite it is from 5 years

[@mainaccount3087]

Crush: *speaks to me Brain: 1:15

[@thekingloficial153]

My brain: 01:07

[@IRLTheGreatZarquon]

Eleven hours later whilst staring at the ceiling in bed: 2:35

[@legendarydudearoundtheway8712]

💀💀💀💀

[@oferzilberman5049]

Not gonna lie, This entire thread is the definition of hilarious

[@duckomaton1791]

Lol

[@mollybolton8425]

Glad they were able to reboot at 2:51

[@FlamingCockatiel]

It's great to see people having fun with classical-type music.

[@satishkumarsajjan2132]

Hey KZbin, recommend this to bill gates.

[@avareneegrace1321]

Omg yes

[@Sherlock245]

No no no eon musk you mean

[@HelenaVanCity]

An orchestra, fine cultured musicians saying, "Shit" together - PRICELESS! :))))) Only true artists make such hilarious jokes all of us can relate to!!!!!!!

[@osmondwong4833]

Comment.exe has stopped working. Wait for application Close window

[@vucko9201]

Flip the desk

[@Noosh_noot]

REEEEEEE

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REEEE

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REEEEE

[@Robert08010]

OK or CANCEL

[@jacksonlee2823]

2:36 when she says, “You’re a great friend”

[@petrichor7121]

😄😄😄

[@UnbiasedBayernFan]

Guy: we're like a couple Girl: a couple of besties

[@tomasprochazka7840]

Never have I heard a more legendary piece of music than this

[@scsutton1]

2:36 I know it's coming, but I still laugh every single time.

[@mwangi8623]

That's what she said

[@OiBruvInnit]

Wanted to leave the likes at 69 but I liked anyways

[@milzmusician]

@@OiBruvInnittry 420 🎉

[@DarthJCS]

This never gets old, and it never stops being funny. 🤣

[@SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff]

i know right lol

[@nurbaiti_hikaru]

Genius conductor with a great sense of humor. 😁

[@minamishi]

Musicians can be inspired by literally anything

[@ezekielwong7771]

This should be the song when someone makes a huge mistake or when someone breaks down.

[@teeeee]

It is the same level as Aqua BGM

[@rjw6487]

Three decades a @ MSFT. What a ride. 😉

[@cindyanderson6358]

Loved! The collective “$h!t” after the big error sound...Perfect and hilarious!

[@sorrow3655]

Me: Welcome to the club You: What club? Me: The "why is this in my recommendations" club

[@tarawood-bradley2119]

as a systems admin, I love it. totally incredible, oncore, oncore

[@thehansolo0513]

For anyone wondering why there aren’t any comments for this, I got this recommended a while back and there were thousands of comments then I’m pretty sure. So KZbin musta glitched

[@Just-in-Spenc]

ya or purged them somehow? Maybe coppa or somthing similar. Pretty weird.

[@maruftim]

Yea ur right, I saw this last year and there were a lot of comments

[@MondySpartan]

The first time I saw this video the comments were disabled.

[@user-dx7hx9ss8i]

2:28 is how 2020 was to God while he was programmin the 21st century

[@masonsykes2240]

That explains a lot

[@4074-j9d]

I like the idea of god programming years like a computer

[@jaymz5267]

Yep it was a “critical stop” to normal life.

[@JPOP2010]

Why am I only getting this masterpiece recommended to me now?

[@scotttheepicteam6280]

I searched up for this song while everyone found this in their recommendations.

[@joeperry8869]

Would you like a medal

[@IrvingIV]

@@joeperry8869 Well, I'd. like to find the tetris theme A remix Ymfah was using, but zi wound up here instead. You can't give the other one a medal, but you might be able to help me out.

[@IrvingIV]

@@joeperry8869 Also its 10 minutes in.

[@nbrikha]

This guy reminds me of my high school band teacher. Funny stage presence that brought context to the music we were playing. His stage presence brings a bit of emotion to the band and makes the whole band seem funny.

[@hexagonalpineapple3846]

the synchronized "shit" gets me every time

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

Windows sound engineer: am I joke to you!

[@IamHeliumm]

2:36 the most harmonious shit ever!!

[@Abby-by3vo]

I still be coming back to listen to this masterpiece

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Oh, back in my recommendations I see. Okay, I’ll watch you again. It’s strange, some videos like you really feels like old friends that come to visit in the recommended from time to time.

[@keyspirits95]

That was so beautiful.

[@maruftim]

ikr

[@c0mpu73rguy]

And it’s back again.

[@noelleista]

i love how there's just a picture of binary code behind the musicians 😂😂

[@Membratim]

@@gemma375 🤣🤣🤣Oh, touché!

[@Sheza58]

@@gemma375 I was literally going to put that!

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

Usually I do not care much for classical music, but this is hilarious! Not to mention that it actually sounds good too. Well done!

[@DrummerJacob]

So you're not a person of culture. Got it.

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

@@DrummerJacob Maybe I'm from a culture where other things are valued? Ever thought of that?

[@saeedgnu]

I don't even remember when I watched this, but I had liked it!

[@jdprettynails]

The "Shit!" gets me everytime

[@SlyHikari03]

This is funny because the windows XP sounds were recorded with a real live Orchestra, not sampled, The Seattle Symphony Orchestra literally helped out with the sounds.

[@vinitasingh7453]

This is a perfect piece of finely made and beautiful music.

[@TheSGEllie]

Yep,even the $hit moment is elegant 😜

[@analiagasparri2137]

Proffessor Reiner is a true genious. I salute him and all the members of his orchestra, from Argentina. 🇦🇷

[@IsItAJackal]

I love how you can see how much he enjoys what he does.

[@stevie1064]

Orchestra is actually stand up comedy. Wow

[@emanuelleguimaraes4185]

I love how this feels nostalgic, amazing, funny. All at the same time. So creative!!! ❤ The ending was perfect choice hahaha

[@WeirdOneOh1]

Bro this videos 10 years old why am i getting this recomended now 😂 brings me back to the good old day

[@kaystar7610]

Everyone's saying something about their recommended section- Who said i didn't look this up?

[@laurenar.8081]

yea I def looked up “windows sound effects” & this came up

[@tk-756brony6]

Lol. I looked up "Orchestral Cover Ringtones"

[@fizz8912]

Same, I came through from another video

[@harrisn3693]

I looked it up lol

[@TheTop-pt7ev]

I searched for it

[@kenbearsley8322]

Even professional orchestra players gotta have fun. At least they picked on something that's used everyday and almost everyone has come across

[@IlseMulAuthor]

I just got this in my recommendations. I LOVE it!

[@zozwings3149]

Now this is quality KZbin recommendations.

[@CaresinVerse]

Being a yank, I just discovered Rainer Hersch. Love his wit and his orchestra. So glad I found him 🎶

[@darkfent]

Wow, I'm back! KZbin algorithm went full circle.

[@deandre1988]

Yep

[@Fokkleman]

What a good conductor man. And I love watching them smile play this. The good of KZbin bois

[@bodhisathvan2086]

Contrary to my belief that all orchestra conductors are dead serious, this guy is genuinely funny ❤️😇

[@hitormisshuh]

when u want to be a programmer but ur parents want u to become an orchestra

[@azazzaza16]

I was having a bad day and the collective $hit got me lol thanks so much. This made me miss and love all the laptops and Windows I have ever grew up with

[@rogerbrinker420]

I have say that he is the Victor Borge of orchestral music!

[@longlostdogs]

Absolutely marvelous, I can say that was brilliant.

[@EUCLlD]

I was looking for a demonstration where the orchestra is actually looking at the conductor for cues and found this gem. Legendary clip.

[@MKHideOut]

Whats crazy is, every musician is enjoying playing these more than regular music

[@DrummerJacob]

Nah they're just laughing because it's a gimmick piece. Musicians don't study music their whole lives and join a competitive orchestra because they don't like playing real music and would rather play some musical joke, they're just having fun because this piece allows it while normally your personality shouldn't be part of the performance.

[@lionc5249]

0:49 your welcome

[@AssholeTingler69]

you're*

[@olivebrown6037]

Bravo ! So funny. Made me laugh for the first time today. With appreciation from Cape Town South Africa 😁😁

[@carsieslair1615]

year 2021 and still loving it!

[@bea-ftloa1142]

He makes my day better, especially now!♥️

[@moser4568]

Perfection! It brings back memories.

[@wheretwowillgather4057]

I suddenly want to learn classical music so I can play under this charismatic conductor

[@legendarydudearoundtheway8712]

@2:36, when you forget the take the chicken out the freezer and mom is here.

[@thalesverissimo7542]

Now I believe its the perfect time for we to thank youtube for brought us here. What a legend video

[@guybutts3]

*Windows crashes* “shit” so accurate

[@geetamshekharr]

Yeah I am the first to reply on this comment with 1k likes (at this moment). :-)

[@mtgamer16br37]

A comment from 1y with 1.1k likes and only 1 comment!? *Nice*

[@noneyalololol2779]

Most brilliant thing ever. and I’m years late...

[@ThatOneGuy_James]

KZbin when I scroll down to comments 1:07

[@TheIzaam]

This is so brilliant in so many ways. I love it.

[@brendanma2423]

Didn’t realize that this was old until I saw the old windows icons.

[@pedrocamargo1411]

Welcome to the new episode of "where quarantine bring me today"

[@starshine9836]

I can't believe it. After 9 months we are still in the pandemic

[@shinrui77]

however i feel about windows xp some 10 years ago then, this video brings big smiles to my face, i miss XP sounds, lol

[@biffmacallan]

0:36 this old couple clapping but has probably no idea what is Windows