Telegraph Review: Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
Posted by Bombyx Mori on December 4th, 2009
Bill reveals that bits of paper stuck to instruments are the secret to the show’s success…
Posted by Bombyx Mori on December 4th, 2009
Bill reveals that bits of paper stuck to instruments are the secret to the show’s success…
December 12th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Such a brilliant show… pity about some of the staff at the venue.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Really enjoyed the show – although share the reservations of the previous poster about the O2 staff. I guess though that they are on minimum wage and fed up. My children aged 8, 10 and 12 have, since the concert, been ‘delighting’ their father and I with renditions of ‘Insect Nation’. I would have to point out, as the mother of a 12 year old trombonist, that that instrument is not always the bringer of joy! Just ask our neighbours.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:01 am
We have just returned from the show at Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Please go to see it. It is amusing, educational, original and manic in parts and he co-ordinates it beautifully. So talented both as a musician and comedian and also an actor. We had seen him at The Edinburgh Festival acting in 12 Angry Men – is there anything this man cannot do? The cow bells scene is awesome! Thanks Bill. More please, original, fresh and educational too.
March 1st, 2010 at 4:04 pm
It might interest you to know that there IS a classical piece of music with the ‘ave a banana’ motif (except the William Tell overture!)
It is Nunc Dimittis in G by Herbert Sumsion, which I have sung in my choir in South London. You can hear it here at we7.com:
http://www.we7.com/user/view-playlist?playlistId=670756&m=0
Thanks,
Tim Boxall (age 16)