🤣 Orchestra plays THE HISTORY OF MUSIC - cavemen to Barbie

From the Stone Age to Barbie Girl. Musical history as it should be. Rainer Hersch Orkestra funniest orchestra pranks.
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Witty, charming and unmistakably British, comedian and conductor Rainer Hersch teams up with broadcaster and author Zeb Soanes to present a laugh-out-loud version of music history, from cave men to, yes Barbie Girl. Accompanied by'The Rainer Hersch Orkestra (GB)' at the Cadogan Hall, London, this orchestra prank is part of the 2023 April Fools Day Concert The Rainer Hersch Orkestra is composed of violins, violas, cellos, double bass, clarinet, French horn, piano and percussion - together, they create the funniest classical music on the web.
ABOUT RAINER HERSCH
A trained conductor and pianist, 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 is responsible for KZbin hits such as "Orchestra plays Microsoft Windows™ - the waltz" • Funny! Orchestra plays... to "The Funniest Classical Orchestra Ever" • Funniest Classical Orc... - this is the guy that actually does on a concert stage what others just talk about. Find out what Rainer did next bit.ly/1hGR52j Rainer and his Orkestra are on tour in Autumn 2020 www.rainerhers...
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[@franklinsternberg4528]

Laughed from the beginning till the end - a masterpiece. Wonderful!

[@torgenxblazterzoid]

You’re way too easily pleased.

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

From cavemen to Bach is a big leap.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Yeah. But, as he says, they are all rubbish.

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

@@RainerHerschKZbin Ah... I see

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

​@@RainerHerschKZbinGuillaume the Machaut, Buxtehude, Monteverdi.......😮

[@DomFileoreum]

​@@ankavoskuilen1725 Frescobaldi, Byrd, Purcell Fellow renaissance enjoyer

[@Lalaithlen]

Medieval músic is amazing, but I get the joke 😂

[@ChanahAngelicaKamen]

Why did the music department at my university make us go through 4 semesters of History of Music when we could have just watched this?!🤣

[@Opheim1986]

Greed, tuition fees💰

[@BuckyBoba]

So you could teach your students and children.

[@omareduardo13]

A drum, a bone with holes, the Bach. Got it! 😅

[@diedertspijkerboer]

I think that the surplus of cannon shots in Tchaikovsky's 1812 are a sign of his brilliant foresight. He obviously anticipated the advent of the machine gun.

[@S2C2S]

So, Schoenberg is Barbie and Barbie is a caveman. It's the circle of life.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

That’s about the sum of it 😀

[@kathdudek1673]

It's too, it's too! Hee!

[@Broeckietube]

The transition from Schöberg to Barbie Girl was brilliant! Is there any way to get the materials from the show to perform this with our own orchestra?

[@titusjonasneffe]

🤩

[@RobertoPradoF]

Laughed from beginning to end! 😂 I think you should do an extended version with more composers!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Promise to work on it.

[@Stockymusicfan]

​@@RainerHerschKZbinadd Mahler, Stockhausen, Verdi, Puccini, David Bruce...

[@jeaneltawil]

That was absolutely brilliant! I had given up on new videos on this channel and I've never been happier to be proven wrong!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Stay tuned. Might take a while to get it all ready, but we’re coming.

[@mikem3614]

@@RainerHerschKZbin O Joy ❤️ Thank You

[@danacampbell-vu2ut]

You have a great talent in both music and comedy. You combine them and come up with a show that is comical and very entertaining. I only wish I could see one of your concerts in person. 👍❤️📹🤭😃

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Please move to the UK. Preferably my house - the front room.

[@Krisisawake]

@@RainerHerschKZbin This is the funniest response ever !

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@RainerHerschKZbin We'll be there, where do you live..? 😋

[@charlessudan2201]

„Then came Bach” - wait, what? 😂

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Yes - thanks forgetting the joke. (To all those early music nerds out there: it is a joke, by the way).

[@HeyCraze]

I'm an American from across the pond, watching a funny Orchestral! Who woulda thought!

[@onemercilessming1342]

"Who'd a-thunk it?" It was a line from the novel, The Group, by Mary McCarthy.

[@Geo_Knows_Things]

I'm an American by choice, and, after 6 decades, I'm still happy I've left behind all that uniformity, conformity, and submissiveness Europe is full of. An orchestral symphony is not entertainment but an exercise in obedience - both for the performers and for the stilled audience.

[@Geo_Knows_Things]

@@onemercilessming1342 who woulda thunk

[@onemercilessming1342]

Yesterday was scary medically. Today is better...and this interlude brought me joy. Thank you.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

That is really good. Very best wishes.

[@ststclair]

Absolutely wonderful. Well done to you and your butler.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Haha!

[@waqasahmed3422]

Extremely hilarious! Enjoyed every bit of it!

[@1a1u0g9t4s2u]

What a surprise to see the latest video today. Sure miss watching and listening to them, wish there are more of them. Thanks for sharing.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Will try. Thanks for watching.

[@anhpam9205]

Delightful!! I was laughing to myself outloud.Brilliant take on the classic pieces.Thanks for having such a great sense of humour,

[@onemercilessming1342]

Many years ago, I took my second graders to an orchestra concert geared for small children. "The Surprise Symphony" was played. They were unimpressed until...Surprise! Just imagine an entire group of 7/8-year-olds levitating simultaneously. It was great!! They talked about the surprise for days.

[@stevebirmingham9650]

Rainer you are priceless wet my self laughing when are you next in Birmingham UK, you make classical just so much fun , you have helped open the mind to the stunning world of classical, still not sure about Opera struggling with that topic , best wishes Steve

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks! Well, most of the stuff around classical music is nonsense, so it is quite easy.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

I liked the way you brought back Wagner to his essence. Now I can even appreciate him.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Yup, that’s the kernel of Wagner.

[@rollsaround2096]

Now, THIS is a banger, and I hope you cut this into youtube shorts and get as many eyeballs on it as you can. Found the channel today, and I think this is good stuff to watch. Thank you.

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

I appreciate his willingness to bring classical music to the masses. Sadly, 1/8th of the masses deny the rest the money to enjoy it..

[@zolatanaffa87]

Clever and veri cute entertainment as usual. Very, very intersting and enjoiable!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

High praise. Thanks.

[@karenschneberger2655]

Glad to see your videos again! Thoroughly enjoyed this one! Thanks for posting!!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lincolnmalone3340]

LOVE you musical comedy - from Oregon, USA

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Well, I love Oregon. So that makes us even.

[@lincolnmalone3340]

Rainer, you should twist the arm of the Oregon Symphony and come do a show! I will be the 3rd in line to buy a ticket!

[@samr9696]

best thing i've watched all week. thank you!! 🤣

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Yaaay!

[@michaelkeller5008]

I thank you for uploading this!! That's a good start for the weekend :)

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks!

[@TOMS-ux4zp]

Really funny went and saw one of his new-year concerts fantastic. Not seen this one before!. Very funny

[@lizziedoyle8530]

Amazing!!!! We don't deserve to see this for free!!!!

[@pjfitzgibbons]

Modern Peter Schickele. So wonderful!

[@ashleyporterroy4043]

That was such a fun video! 😂 Thank you so much for making this!! 🙏🏻🥰

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

To be honest, we were doing to do the routine anyway 😃

[@johnnydingo8680]

Very funny, thanks for sharing Rainer and orchestra. Appreciated and liked. 😊👍

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

That’s great.

[@vivaldimusic5097]

🙈🎶👍🤣🤣 Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽, this musical literature is amazing, what music can achieve. It was fun, cultural and didactic teaching, grateful that they shared that circle was put together.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thank you for your comment. Un saludo desde Londres.

[@RealFemiIyowun]

Absolutely brilliant. A 6000 year history of music summarized in eleven minutes with a pinch of comedy.

[@davideanil]

Laughed a lot.... And learnt a lot too! 😂

[@DjisasXIII]

This is gold...

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks!

[@markhorton3994]

If like me you LIKE cannons try Beethoven's Wellington's Victory. It not only has two batteries of cannons but muskets as well. If you listen with earphoness as I did the first time I heard it, it starts with a lone drummer marching in one ear through your head and out the other ear.

[@zagrepcanin82]

Maestro Hersch is genius! People say classical music is Serious music...and he challenged it....he made it hilarious. entertaining and funny

[@sonyasandoval1477]

I think my dad would have gotten a kick out of this. He's the one who turned me on to classical music.

[@PatrickRsGhost]

This is too funny. Reminds me of a bit by Spike Jones where it started with cavemen banging rocks together, then the classical artists, then Dixieland, then Jazz, then Big Band, and then Spike Jones, which went back to the cavemen banging rocks together.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks. Nice to be thought of in the same breath as the great Spike Jones.

[@drumbum3.142]

Sid Ceasar in Your Show of Shows did a Very Similar Sketch/Riff upon this as well. And.. ...ftm, Ernie Kovacs might have (done so) too.. 👍👏👏👏

[@nicolaiandreassandnes5612]

Omg!! that is a wonderful video!!

[@Iluminacion32]

Absolutely great !

[@ponyonoodles6568]

ngl, i seriously thought at the end they were going to start playing "one pound fish" xD

[@olgarogach8868]

Brilliant, as always!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Glad you think so!

[@jamiepatterson1214]

That was funny, making for an enjoyable evening.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Were you there?

[@chriswright559]

Hilarious as always! Love it! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Yay, thank you!

[@akptarmigan]

Brilliant! Well done.

[@hpasgaard3783]

Lol This is fabulous.

[@andresayala1995]

I am a new subscriber. Greetings from Colombia!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Muchísimas gracias. Un saludo a Colombia.

[@SuzetteGrist]

Excellent!!!❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@marion7661]

That was very entertaining😂

[@caine2631]

THIS IS MASTERPIECE

[@NelsonPinheirojr]

Há MUITO (MUUUITOO) tempo eu não ria TANTO com um vídeo de humor relacionado à música!!! Quase ENFARTEI de TANTO RIR!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 A transição do serialismo para o tema da Barbie foi GENIAL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ❤AMEI o vídeo e compartilhei o link com vários amigos!!!❤ Parabéns, direto do Brasil!!!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks so much. Greetings back fro London.

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks so much. Greetings back fro London.

[@FQuintanaMarrero]

I almost choked myself watching this 😂

[@edsongsilva4825]

Fantastic!!!

[@bukkytherybta6052]

Sheer Brilliance! 😂😂😂

[@samsignorelli]

Very well done....PDQ Bach would approve.

[@mattraugh8748]

R.i.p.

[@ianwalker4628]

You weren't *asking* for help ... it was being *offered* 😉 but I do get what you mean 🙂 Enjoying the videos by the way 😊

[@anhkhoinguyen272]

2:00 bro yada yada right to the good stuff 😂

[@curiousuranus810]

Now that is brilliant!

[@a.scotth.9955]

OMG!! Back to the cave men!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@glencrandall7051]

Funny but true. At least about the drum bit. Today you cannot find anything that doesn't feature a drum in the foreground. 🙂🙂

[@hpasgaard3783]

The funeral march in positive... MAJOR. I mean major.. please. PLEEASE do a version of that one. :P

[@urbex_coasters]

There should've been a nod to Also Sprach Zarathustra, given the themes of the story Strauss based his symphonic poem and it appearing in the Barbie movie. Literally perfect for this.

[@BlueAlgon]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@FBWL-u1r]

Loved it ! 😂

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thanks.

[@Shaarme00]

Brilliant!! 😂😂😂

[@elsjeschoombee4210]

Brilliant!! 😅😅

[@S0me-rand0mguy1]

8:33 Bro the violin is screaming for its life😨😨😨😨😭😭😭

[@artrandy]

The Moody Blues already composed a track concerning the history of music in 1971, coming in at under 5 minutes and called Procession. There was some humour, especially when the cavemen come to a climax, just before the Indian Sitars take over. The guitar part at the end is phenominal and walks right into the guitar part of the next track without a break, a brilliant pop song, by contrast......

[@donna30044]

The Maestro of Mirth strikes again....❣️

[@IvyWhiskeyDram]

Such fun and so true! 😂

[@WhiteTiger333]

The 1812 Overture - LOL!

[@virginiafry9854]

Excellent!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Glad you liked it.

[@AllPileup]

Pyotr, stop shooting my palace! 😂

[@abbym3915]

Brilliant!

[@liliaramos7901]

Beautiful!

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Thank you!

[@kaloyanangelov8210]

Should have been written "Barbie girl KEN never die"

[@srothbardt]

Funny. Very smart.

[@paul16451]

If Monty Python was still doing sketches today, this would definitely be one of them!

[@rproctor83]

I like how it ends where it started, representing a core component of music and it's inevitable outcome of music evolving alongside humans.

[@clubdemelomanosinspira4121]

Hermosa adaptación de música de Bach, escrita hace 300 años!

[@grimthanatos7350]

I was totally expecting the "and what do you get?" to go into the muppets burlesque song about 10 terrific girls and only 9 costumes...

[@tclanjtopsom4846]

And i was waiting for Aqua's Barbie Girl but still surprised 😂

[@mamenmena6284]

Awesome

[@laurastuiver1391]

Andrew Lloyd Mozart!😂 So Funny!😂 Greet from The Netherlands!

[@nikkichilton]

Roared laughing 😂

[@susanagravato70]

Bravo.Bravo

[@Bongi344]

😂😂😂❤ brilliant

[@denzelmusic4297]

3:10 That was surprising... and unexpected

[@janethattam]

You're my favourite! Is there space in your front room for one more? I'm an excellent page turner. Not too expensive, either. 😁

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

Your in!

[@janethattam]

@@RainerHerschKZbin yaaaaaasss!

[@SoloPilot6]

4:15 -- the Kyoto Tachibana "Orange Devils" refer to the French horn as "Escargot" . . .

[@foxywaxy4279]

The last one surprised me

[@T.AllansCompositionAdventures]

😂😂😂😂😂 so good

[@fromkazan]

awesome

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

Genius!

[@Johnadams20760]

this is hilarious and great

[@mohammadtahrani4601]

I wish to see you guys live in Germany one day 😊

[@RainerHerschYouTube]

www.rainerhersch.com/de/whatson/klassik-zum-spas-konzerthaus-berlin/

[@mohammadtahrani4601]

I was there last Sunday and I enjoyed it a lot :) @@RainerHerschKZbin

[@sterben4106]

Gold

[@alsenwulf]

Klasse 😌 😍 😂 🤣