Behind-the-scenes with the fabulous Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2019
- They have made the instrument cool.
From the North Pole to Sydney Opera House the Ukes tour planet Earth with their legendary live shows that plunder all genres of music from Wagner to Nirvana with wit and sheer plucking brilliance.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, using instruments bought with loose change, which believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele.
A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only the “bonsai guitar” and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies. There are no drums, pianos, backing tracks, or banjos, no pitch shifters or electronic trickery. Only an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and singing (and a bit of whistling). Audiences have a good time with the Ukulele Orchestra. Going from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding and Spaghetti Western soundtracks, the Orchestra takes us on “a world tour with only hand luggage” and gives the listener “One Plucking Thing After Another”.
Using instruments small and large, in high and low registers, whether playing intricate melodies, simple tunes, or complex chords and sitting in chamber group format dressed in formal evening wear, the Orchestra uses the limitations of the instrument to create a musical freedom as it reveals unsuspected musical insights. Both the beauty and vacuity of popular and highbrow music are highlighted, the pompous and the trivial, the moving and the amusing. Sometimes a foolish song can touch an audience more than high art; sometimes music that takes itself too seriously is revealed to be hilarious. You may never think about music in the same way once you’ve been exposed to the Ukes’ depraved musicology. 
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They make those tiny instruments sing. Each instrument adds to the others in the group and to the piece being played and is quite distinctive in its own right in the performance. If you listen closely, you can separate each instrument while being played in a musical piece where the whole group is playing.
Rest in peace Kitty Lux. Tough act to follow - but I hope UOGB find someone to restore balance to the force that they are.
From Nova Scotia to Erie PA to Cerritos, California, to Carnegie Hall: I loves these ukesters.
I watched their concert this year in Frankfurt and it was GREAT!
Absolutely blooming marvelous, while you continue playing there is hope for us all !
A nuanced and unique instrument. Definitely not a toy, but fun to play.
I have your music coming from my office and I always have a smile on my face. Great enjoyment from your music.
So glad you guys are still posting content especially with the lockdown! We need more of George in the spotlight though!
That opening doodle was a fragment of Bocherini's Minuet.
I love these guys
Loved this!
Love to listen all day!
You guys are amazing
Always loved the Ukelele. A beautiful instrument. I've alway felt a bit more skill to play these. I could sit & listen to this for hours.👍❤
Dpgs B**ks when i t comes to the Uke. Love em
some day I hope to see this amazing group in concert. :) Hooked on UOGB !!
All that and a snatch of The Ying Tong Song as well!
Had tickets to see them in Easton PA on April 2, 2020. Obviously cancelled, so will watch on RUclips.
Fab
Stradivari ukuleles, very rare.
Went to see u tap and tin Chatham great then great now