Classical 'Music Comedy' YouTube videos thread

[ElliotViola]

Musical Comedy is a genre where classical musicians fuse playing with Comedy. Thought I'd share some of my favourites with you, as I am currently venturing into the genre...

Shredding Videos- these are people overdubbing famous recordings with really crap playing, utterly hilarious to watch when they are done really well. Especially Perlmans ones, his facial expressions are brilliant with the wrong playing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysHZ9g0UA98 - Lang Lang Shreds Schumann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IqeB0JLs4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IqeB0JLs4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m08JOODCI0 - Itzhak Perlman Shreds Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZAjIx_yac - Pinchas Zukerman Shreds the Art of Stradivarius

I'm surprised there aren't more of these, they are utterly hilarious!

Victor Borge - Pianist and Comedian: The father of the genre, too many to post here but here's a selection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8R0ZwYvXpg - Hungarian Rhapsody Double Piano Sketch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkHz8xq7lE - Happy Birthday Variations

Igudesman and Joo - a comedy duo from Menhuin School of Music, very famous in Europe. Piano + Violin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUOlypVUgn0 - Riverdance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvlCu1_noTc - Mozart Bond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xui7x_KF7bY - I Will Survive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w - Rachmaninov had Big Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQaK7NHY-4 - Piano Lesson

MozART Group - a comedy string quartet from Poland who play all sorts of odd arrangements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLYgVbVRoqk - Montage of their act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLYgVbVRoqk - How to impress a Woman Being a Musician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72vkjSfyiE - 'The Race'

Feel free to add more videos to the list! I will add when I find some more.

[Florestan]

IMO nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, can top this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSvGnDd4m4

[Fafner]

Victor Borge is an absolute marvel.

I first saw him in this little video and it remains one of my favourites:

http://www.youtube.com/v/wXDEDClfZhc

[CaughtintheGaze]

This is my favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/v/DB_lKSNwZZM

[Opus106]

Igudesman and Joo - a comedy duo from Menhuin School of Music, very famous in Europe. Piano + Violin

With Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata.

http://www.youtube.com/v/d_LV6dWcFaw

Impeccable timing.

[mc ukrneal]

IMO nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, can top this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSvGnDd4m4

Well, while visual, I find it drags on a bit. I prefer this one, if we stick with Beethoven's 5th...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0vHpeUO5mw

[Gurn Blanston]

Musical Comedy is a genre where classical musicians fuse playing with Comedy. Thought I'd share some of my favourites with you, as I am currently venturing into the genre...

Shredding Videos- these are people overdubbing famous recordings with really crap playing, utterly hilarious to watch when they are done really well. Especially Perlmans ones, his facial expressions are brilliant with the wrong playing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysHZ9g0UA98 - Lang Lang Shreds Schumann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IqeB0JLs4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IqeB0JLs4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m08JOODCI0 - Itzhak Perlman Shreds Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZAjIx_yac - Pinchas Zukerman Shreds the Art of Stradivarius

I'm surprised there aren't more of these, they are utterly hilarious!

Victor Borge - Pianist and Comedian: The father of the genre, too many to post here but here's a selection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8R0ZwYvXpg - Hungarian Rhapsody Double Piano Sketch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkHz8xq7lE - Happy Birthday Variations

Igudesman and Joo - a comedy duo from Menhuin School of Music, very famous in Europe. Piano + Violin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUOlypVUgn0 - Riverdance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvlCu1_noTc - Mozart Bond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xui7x_KF7bY - I Will Survive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w - Rachmaninov had Big Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQaK7NHY-4 - Piano Lesson

MozART Group - a comedy string quartet from Poland who play all sorts of odd arrangements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLYgVbVRoqk - Montage of their act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLYgVbVRoqk - How to impress a Woman Being a Musician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72vkjSfyiE - 'The Race'

Feel free to add more videos to the list! I will add when I find some more.

I was delighted to have a minute to relive the 'Fliszt' Hungarian Rhapsody. Always a favorite. There is simply no one better than Borge, although I must say many of these others were very fine too. I was not familiar with the 'shredding' genre, but Perlman/Mendelssohn was a gem!  I din't realize the depths of his intonation issues until now.   

[Opus106]

Viola!

http://www.youtube.com/v/plpqb4jqHkU

[ibanezmonster]

This hasn't been posted yet? This classic? 


http://www.youtube.com/v/LACCAF04wSs

[ElliotViola]

Viola!

VIOLA!!!!!

This conductor just realised he had a viola in his orchestra.

However, this is excellent, how have I not seen this before?!?!

[ElliotViola]

I'd like to share one of mine, in the offchance that anybody enjoys it.

You may remember 'Hooked on Classics', a project with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra making a commercial album of a classical medley to a synth drumbeat.

Me and two friends arranged it for Viola and Double Piano! Have a listen below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5F0uv4jSGM