Rainer Hersch — A musician + comedian

Rainer Hersch is a British conductor, actor, writer and comedian known for his comical take on classical music. He was a fan of Monty Python, which is a British surreal comedy group. He joined the Revue Group, the university’s student comedy troupe and began his writing career. Nowadays, he continues to tour the world presenting his one-man shows or as a guest conductor in comedy concerts with orchestra.

This video includes different excerpts, such as Rossini William Tell Overture, Radetszky March, etc. It is arranged by Rainer Hersch. He adds a lot of elements in the music, for example, adding extra bars and playing the same pattern of notes, adding narrator while the orchestra is playing, producing an ‘artificial wave’ while the players are playing. I think this can far more engage the audience, not just to the piece, and also ‘watching’ the piece. They can know the piece in a fun way so that classical music can be promoted in the public.