Bill Bailey Performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2012

ladies and gentlemen I give you Bill Bailey thank you good evening and that music you just heard is the exact sound of the Buckingham Palace doorbell you're in London and London is in lovely yes I love London London's great or it's brilliant I love it such a magnificently multicultural magnificent wonderful place there's a butcher's at the end of my road call halau is it meat you're looking for trumpets are fantastic instruments they're all about celebration tonight's about celebration and trumpets have long been the instrument associated with ceremony but also in a military capacity the sound of the trumpet was used on the battlefield to cut across the clamor of battle to sound the retreat in a way that perhaps the harp wouldn't have been quite so effective retreat retreat what's with your feet yeah and classical music also contains functional elements to it I'll give you an example something would just use often in piano music it's called the Alberti bass Mozart was a big fan and I think it's a way of enlivening rather unremarkable TV things you know but EastEnders for example which is so depressing Hill it to me that sounds like everyone is going to die hey just but with the Alberta you've caused yeah just sounds a bit crass yeah it could work equally well with the match of the day theme good smell the nice although I must admit when it comes to match of the day I prefer the lounge version a bunch of the grapey some other Brits and jolly March isn't it and if you slow it right down you get a Jewish folk song and there you see the mark of a great tune very versatile and another thing about a great tune you can play it on any instrument and I'd like to demonstrate that now as I play a medley of popular songs on a rather unusual instrument hi you we go let's try suddenly has enemy brother Paul the finale of the 1812 overture you you

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Length: 7min 31sec (451 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 04 2012