Dudley Moore Beethoven Sonata Parody

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  • In this clip from the 1950's-60s British comedy group "Beyond the Fringe," Dudley Moore plays a very funny but also very musically well-done parody of a Beethoven Piano Sonata, using the famous whistling tune from "Bridge Over the River Kwai" as a thematic subject.
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  • @paulwalker6297
    @paulwalker6297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    People often forget that despite all the comedy, Dud was an absolutely superb pianist !

  • @Martin_Adams184
    @Martin_Adams184 17 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    Brilliant! I regularly teach a class on sonata structures, and often mention this sketch to students. I was about 17 when it came out; and 40 years later realise that it's even better than I thought at the time. Quite apart from all the things others have mentioned - virtuosity, superlative musicianship, wit etc. etc. - he could do this only because he also knew the music inside out, understood compositional techniques, and had superb imagination. Wow!!

    • @jaywalker3087
      @jaywalker3087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You must watch Chico Marx ,
      You wouldn’t ever know where he got that from.
      Harpo once went for a lesson with a maestro of harp music.
      The maestro said ‘I don’t know where you learned to play like that , it’s completely un orthodox , and you are a far , far better player than I ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly. Inside and out.

    • @yvonnepagan9912
      @yvonnepagan9912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Such a shame he died so young and ill for a long while.

    • @russellmorgan5611
      @russellmorgan5611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Raised a few eyebrows back in my teens when I bought his album from the Decca" World of" series. Still got it.

    • @helipeek2736
      @helipeek2736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And, I mention this for a matter of completeness, it’s funny.

  • @andyfowler1003
    @andyfowler1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I once had lunch with Dud. He was the most charming and witty man I've ever met. He was a musical and comedic genius. He asked me what instruments I played and I said "piano and violin - both very badly". He said, straight away, "Oh just like me then"! He was a brilliant person, and this shows how incredibly good he was at understanding and communicating classical music.

  • @jsdupree
    @jsdupree 10 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Really one of the best musical parodies ever. Dudley pulls out almost every stock ending from the Romantic Period and tries, in vain, to find an ending. Remarkable...and smart...and very funny.

    • @vladtepes97
      @vladtepes97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      if not for this comment i would never have understood his anguish or the audience's laughter.

    • @lesleywilbourne7823
      @lesleywilbourne7823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The parody is so good that my poor brain is duped into believing Beethoven actually wrote it 😂

    • @hamishanderson6738
      @hamishanderson6738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually, it just shows how crap
      Beethoven was (only kidding)

    • @oliverave1234
      @oliverave1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vladtepes97 Absolutely.

    • @troo_story
      @troo_story 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@vladtepes97 🤣🤣

  • @richardbrown1189
    @richardbrown1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    His expressions when even he thinks it's finished but then it carries on are priceless.

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Those looks to the audience and over his shoulder during the preposterously long and ridiculously accurate in character Beethovenian cadences upon cadences in the last minute-and-a-half of this grand parody. Oh, Dudley, you left us such a fine legacy!

    • @lindamanas954
      @lindamanas954 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Egmont Overture has quite a long coda I think.some of Beethoven’s codas were almost comical!

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 6 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Dudley Moore - Giant intellect, giant musician, giant comedy brain, just a complete hero of entertainment, even before Hollywood discovered him. I am delighted that I was alive at the same time as he was. ✌

    • @tonyb9735
      @tonyb9735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I feel our respective times on the planet did not overlap nearly long enough.

  • @louiecastle
    @louiecastle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The glorious desperation during the coda! So sorely missed. RIP Dud, Xxx

    • @carolvogelman5261
      @carolvogelman5261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glorious desperation indeed! And such a marvelous way to describe it!

  • @lindamanas6735
    @lindamanas6735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    This shows what a truly brilliant musician Dudley Moore was. A masterclass in variations and modulations. Fantastic. It even has a little bit of fugue in it! Beethoven would really love this!
    It took me a while to realise it was ‘ Colonel Bogie’ !

    • @jamesc7277
      @jamesc7277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beethoven’s response: ‘Eh? Was sagst du?’

    • @thebeatcreeper
      @thebeatcreeper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shame he was deaf..

    • @arlingtonhynes
      @arlingtonhynes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was only pretending to be. Can’t blame him.

    • @JongleurJ10
      @JongleurJ10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the fugue bit near the end. From the Well-Tempered Klavier.

    • @nucderpuck
      @nucderpuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I had no idea how good of a pianist (and composer) Dudley Moore was. Considering that Beethoven's actual themes weren't always that elaborate (cf. the 5th symphony!), this parody becomes even more plausible, in a way. And yes, the fugato part really is the icing on the parodistic cake.

  • @mgg5418
    @mgg5418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I never knew he was such an accomplished pianist !! Wow. And that everlasting finale 😂😂😂

    • @ABC_DEF
      @ABC_DEF ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But the point is that he composed this music too. He didn't just play it.

  • @raptormaster666
    @raptormaster666 12 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I like how throughout the fourth minute towards the end, he gives the impression of being unable to stop playing. Very well performed, and very clever.

  • @paulogazola553
    @paulogazola553 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I play and love Beethoven, and this is just the PERFECT Beethoven joke (parody). Genius!

  • @mcmilld1
    @mcmilld1 15 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Sheets do exist for this piece as well as most of Dudley's other compositions. They can be found in the book "The Complete Beyond the Fringe". This piece is actually entitled "And the Same to You".

  • @antoineduchamp4931
    @antoineduchamp4931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    For someone who has listened to Beethoven since very early times in my life, this is astoundingly like Beethoven's style.... as he gets further into the piece, it becomes indistinguishable from Beethoven.. I don't think the greatest living pianist could have done better than this... he uses every trick in the book that Beethoven used at the keyboard...

  • @JohnSelma
    @JohnSelma 14 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The theme was used in "The Bridge over the River Kwai" but it was around long before that. The tune was written in 1914 by British bandmaster Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts and was known as "Colonel Bogey". Anyone who grew up in the UK in the in the 1950's / 1960's knew it as the music for a song about the anatomical deficiencies of the Nazi leadership. Dudley Moore would have been familiar with it in that context which is another aspect of the joke that might be missed by some.

    • @lesleyvivien2876
      @lesleyvivien2876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you for mentioning this, instead of all the polite references to the River Kwai. :)
      ♥♥♥♥♥

    • @oliveralexandre3607
      @oliveralexandre3607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We all sang “Hitler has only got one --“ in 1958-60, even in foreign lands! (And then listened to Peter Cook and Dudley Moore for years - mixed with ‘This is London’ on the BBC World Service)

    • @lesleyvivien2876
      @lesleyvivien2876 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oliveralexandre3607 We certainly did! Come one - you all know the words.
      ♫ Hitler has only got one ball: Goering has two but very small; Himmler is very sim'lar, and poor old Goebbels has no balls at all. ♫

    • @suze816
      @suze816 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oliveralexandre3607 .. LOL.. I forgot about that little detail about Hitler's missing ***...
      Hilarious to know this about that tune.. I'm gonna look for the lyrics...

  • @davidryonjennings
    @davidryonjennings 14 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I've never seen a more eloquently presented endorsement for the medical necessity of celebrity cloning. The world needs a few Dudley Moores on every content! Bravo!

    • @dianecourtney2724
      @dianecourtney2724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great comment … so true

    • @cchavezjr7
      @cchavezjr7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dianecourtney2724 Dudley Moore was so damn awesome. He was a world treasure.

  • @WillRennar
    @WillRennar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    And Alan goes...

    • @heda3487
      @heda3487 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      QI ;)

    • @KiwiSpartan01
      @KiwiSpartan01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      3:34

    • @MEKKANNOID
      @MEKKANNOID 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      from which episode?@@KiwiSpartan01

    • @thiocyanicacid6680
      @thiocyanicacid6680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MEKKANNOID
      E series, the 11th episode

    • @Fifury161
      @Fifury161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well that's why I'm here....

  • @marcel911
    @marcel911 12 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I've always thought that comedy and music is a match made in heaven. Dudley is one of the best at making it work well.

  • @stewartmacpherson633
    @stewartmacpherson633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant, and what a pleasure it was to present this man in concert in New Zealand and Hawaii. His last performances sadly.

  • @TomBarrister
    @TomBarrister 13 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Congratulations to Mr. Moore for the only composition in history in which the coda is longer than the rest of the work.

    • @ZorbaTheDutch
      @ZorbaTheDutch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not quite. How about Layla by Derek and the Dominos.

    • @gettingkilt
      @gettingkilt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Methinks someone has forgotten Hey Jude.

    • @AlanTwatts
      @AlanTwatts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Donovan’s Atlantis

  • @kiethblack3870
    @kiethblack3870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I am constantly amazed at Dudley's creativity & talent in the old audio & videos I have seen in recent years. He could play, compose, arrange & conduct music. Oh yeah, he could write, improvise, act multiple personalities from sketches to stage to recordings (music AND comedy!) movies and TV. I don't need to say anymore. The man was amazing.

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @dmcII
    @dmcII 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As Welsh Saddler said, Dudley was classically trained. He initially wanted to be a concert pianist but discovered he had such a talent for comedy that he began doing that and eventually worked his musicianship into his acts like you saw here. He was also a top rate jazz pianist and had a trio that played shows regularly.
    The man had some serious musical chops. RIP Dudley.

  • @BryanDelMonte
    @BryanDelMonte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is amazing... lol :) He was so unbelievably talented...

  • @jefferybilling9093
    @jefferybilling9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the perks of working at Bow Street was the fact that they would let us creep up to the back stalls and watch a bit of the show. I never ceased to be fascinated by this performance.

  • @cavecavecavecave5295
    @cavecavecavecave5295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Well, the last comment was dated 14 years ago, so I'm guessing my comment has already come true. But what I was going to say was. It's sad that such talent will go unseen, because of today's trends. Shame .

    • @simonhodgetts6530
      @simonhodgetts6530 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is sad - Dudley Moore was an immensely talented pianist - his jazz playing was quite brilliant - inspired by his hero Errol Garner - his jazz works swing like crazy. As a comedian, his work with Peter Cook was also inspired - the Not Only But Also sketches are wonderful. There was real warmth and friendship to them, even though Pete’s aim every time was to make Dud corpse. Even the early, coarser Derek and Clive tapes are quite superb. Then it all went a bit sour. Pete’s drinking, and jealousy at Dud’s Hollywood stardom caused quite a rift between them, and the friendship was lost. Also Dudley made some questionable films, which is what he is mostly remembered for now, sadly. But, if folks care to dig deeper, there is a rich seam of truly brilliant work from a truly gifted comedian and jazz musician. I love his work - cuddly Dudley!

  • @sjoaquim
    @sjoaquim 8 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    This was a true genius. Is he a wonderful comedian, a wonderful musician or wonderful... both!!

    • @Meatballer
      @Meatballer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hes also a wonder actor as well :P

    • @karmabad6287
      @karmabad6287 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +FlashKick all agreed yay or nay?... the yays have it

    • @jascar88
      @jascar88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For conn
      commedic virtuosity see Victor Borge's Wagnerian Happy Birthday to Leonard Berstein: th-cam.com/video/Gw76LWC3UyY/w-d-xo.html

    • @ritawing1064
      @ritawing1064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Astonishing genius, applied to the noble aim of making people laugh. We are fortunate to have had him amongst us.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jascar88 Yes, but that's only one style; for a variety (and a finale even Dud might not have been able to do), see the Pesce version: th-cam.com/video/S75gYhODS0M/w-d-xo.html
      (And you don't have to sit through Victor Borge's very prolonged microphone gag, either.)

  • @dianecourtney2724
    @dianecourtney2724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love him. Miss him. An adorable genius ❤️

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @GetMeThere1
    @GetMeThere1 16 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    He was one creative, talented, and FUNNY bastard! RIP, Dudley.

  • @seikibrian8641
    @seikibrian8641 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "...the famous whistling tune from "Bridge Over the River Kwai..."
    So famous that people should know its history. The Colonel Bogey March was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881--1945), a British army bandmaster who later became director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth.

    • @robfalconer234
      @robfalconer234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This threw me - his pen-name is Kenneth J. Alford!

    • @patrickdrazen8411
      @patrickdrazen8411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not to mention the alternate set of lyrics to the piece that attached to the melody in WW2, beginning "Hitler... he only had one..." Well, you know...

    • @BernieHollandMusic
      @BernieHollandMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@patrickdrazen8411 You are talking bollocks 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @patrickdrazen8411
      @patrickdrazen8411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BernieHollandMusic Literally AND figuratively...

    • @sd60f
      @sd60f 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad (WW2 RAF Regiment, served in India and Burma), had some colorful lyrics for this tune. Went something like “don’t throw the lamp at father, wait ‘til he gets in bed, and grab his …. Bollocks, was all the band could play, bollocks, was all the band could play, …”

  • @notyobs
    @notyobs 17 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    What a genius. Wish TV nowadays would make more use of talent like this. We're dreadfully shortchanged.

  • @carlamartin8286
    @carlamartin8286 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    His skill on the piano is second to none
    Thank you

  • @juliam7056
    @juliam7056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    absolutely GENIUS !!!!! beyond brilliant!!!!

  • @sylviahartman5970
    @sylviahartman5970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good old Ludwig, the ending that never ends. I love how he has to run away from the piano to end!

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @owdpotter7597
    @owdpotter7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I read somewhere that Dud was one of Oscar Peterson's favourite jazz pianists. Now that is some praise.

  • @islandgal3bon
    @islandgal3bon 13 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Such an amazing and versatile talent! You are missed, Dudley.

  • @avq5
    @avq5 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great! .. I love when he starts hammering out those octaves and looks to the audience with that subtle look of boredom.

  • @sallycragin179
    @sallycragin179 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    BTF and Flanders and Swann helped me survive high school. My dad was a theatre reviewer in the 1950s and 60s, so I grew up with the records. Recently found in the attic, press packs, programs from these amazing troupes. Love them always.

    • @lizavandermeer1581
      @lizavandermeer1581 ปีที่แล้ว

      My family had all of the same records - played so often that that they were almost worn out. We had memorized every second of each skit and song, though!

    • @ianlowery6014
      @ianlowery6014 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For those who don't know Flanders and Swann, you must listen to: Flanders & Swann sing Mozart's Horn Concerto th-cam.com/video/bkYrj2DQlVc/w-d-xo.html

  • @gustaw88
    @gustaw88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    This is actually SO GOOD - seriously. I wonder how many viewers are aware of the wonderfully fine little hints at Beethoven present in this parody - there is A LOT more intelectual content here than it seems, more than the obvious overall feeling of Beethovenian pathos and the (hilariously) prolonged coda (LvB didn’t actually write overlong codas, but OK, definitely made the coda weightier)… While listening, I for once noticed the following:
    1) Overall a recognizable structure of a crippled sonata form, with principal, secondary and closing „themes”, a „development section” (I’d say beggining at [2:04-]) followed - though without recap - by the „coda” [2:59-]
    2) The piece being in the key of - yes! - C minor, I even went to the piano to check :>
    3) There’s more: the 1st theme (the River Kwai tune) is in itself practically nothing more than a melodicized tonic chord - perhaps the strongest and cleverest Beethoven reference in this parody… I even came to realize that if Beethoven had magically resurrected in the Sixties, it’s seriously plausible that he would have used this exact theme for something!...
    4) The 1st theme moves one step up in the second parallel phrase (OK, the harmony being only subdominant, but still I think a clear reference, overall makes an impression similar to the corresponding moves e.g. in the First Symphony, in the "Der Sturm" or „Appassionata” sonatas etc. etc.)
    5) 2nd, contrasting „dolce” theme (and everything else too) ‘based’ on the 1st Kwai theme, creating an extreme unification of material, unmistakable Beethoven trait again (compare even 1st mov. of the F minor Sonata Op. 2/1!)
    6) Little „fugato” moments in both the „exposition” and „development section” - this is no accident… Very smart!
    7) Finally the little modulating fragment at [4:00-4:06] reminds me of the 1st movement of his last (also) C minor Sonata Op. 111, but I might be exaggerating here…
    Eventually, one is left wondering who does comedy on such level nowadays…

    • @heidisavoie
      @heidisavoie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      great analysis!

    • @heidisavoie
      @heidisavoie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +Gustawescu I wouldn't say that I am, but I find it refreshing to see an intelligent comment on TH-cam!

    • @DanHarrisonKing
      @DanHarrisonKing 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Gustaw Jokiel he rocking that alberti bass

    • @stephenhooker882
      @stephenhooker882 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Dan Harrison King Endless V-I cadences? Absolute pisser!

    • @stephenhooker882
      @stephenhooker882 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Gustaw Jokiel Bravo! If Dudley Moore had parodied JS Bach instead, I could probably do very much the same with copious references to the Bach Werke Verzeichnis. Well done - you are a very perceptive man!

  • @ianmansfield68
    @ianmansfield68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is brilliantly clever! People forget just how talented Dudley Moore was.

  • @BitchinWallabies
    @BitchinWallabies 15 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I could sit and watch Dud for hours. Rest his soul. He is missed, but in a better place now

    • @Ssssssnakeisone
      @Ssssssnakeisone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poughkeepsie?

    • @corndoug2605
      @corndoug2605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saratoga Springs?

    • @colinsmith6444
      @colinsmith6444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corndoug2605 I wouldn't call dead a better place.

    • @markofsaltburn
      @markofsaltburn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bury St Edmunds?

  • @stephaniecarrow4898
    @stephaniecarrow4898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Absolutely brilliant. It's unfortunate that movies never really showcased this side of his talent, as far as I'm aware (as is so often the case with super-gifted people). So glad to have a clip like this ~ thanks for posting!

    • @MarkyBnd
      @MarkyBnd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He got to showcase them in the move "10" and very briefly in "Arthur". Beyond that you're definitely right. th-cam.com/video/1XOuE4fsqKQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @scottcarson3004
      @scottcarson3004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true. Apparently Jack Lemmon was similarly gifted, and an excellent pianist.

  • @dcrepazkeay
    @dcrepazkeay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A timeless comedy classic and a masterclass in the art of the musical joke.

  • @cwogaman
    @cwogaman 15 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks for posting! I knew he was an excellent pianist, and an excellent comedian, but never saw that come together. What talent!

  • @PauloJ21
    @PauloJ21 16 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is musical genius and superb humour.
    Long live this recording and thanks for this memory Dudley.

  • @ConductorNoamZur
    @ConductorNoamZur 17 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Remnants from a time in which entertainment, sophistication and culture were not mutually exclusive. Absolutely brilliant!

  • @sasquash12
    @sasquash12 16 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Talent. Sheer talent. This man is a genius. The ending is classic.

  • @VickersDoorter
    @VickersDoorter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And today we've walked back into the Dark Ages with the backing-track drivel that is The X Factor.

  • @anneokelly8413
    @anneokelly8413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The most talented of the whole lot!

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @NoferTrunions
    @NoferTrunions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I seem to recall someone asking Dudley if he had to choose between acting/comedy and piano, he said something to the effect: piano without question.

  • @Dolentibus
    @Dolentibus 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just listen carefully to a few of Beethoven's own Piano Sonatas. The stunning thing is the deep knowledge of the composer and the sheer artistry and care that must have gone into preparing such a brilliant pastiche. For me, the finest moment is that plaintive look of desperation over his shoulder during the interminable coda. I'm sure that Beethoven would have loved it.

  • @carolinemitchell5241
    @carolinemitchell5241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Total brilliance in every way. Such ability, imagination and humour.

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!..Stay safe

  • @jeffj2495
    @jeffj2495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW. Such a great comedian, and musician. RIP Dudley Moore, you entertained us greatly.

  • @harrybarrow6222
    @harrybarrow6222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just brilliant!
    Dudley Moore was both a great comedian and a first-class pianist.

  • @helenamcginty4920
    @helenamcginty4920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always remember the multiple chord ending. When we saw it on tv all those years ago the whole family roared.

  • @blxtothis
    @blxtothis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my, I’d forgotten this, it’s beyond brilliant and elevates the form to beyond Victor Borge in my book. Good old Dud!

  • @paulaneary7877
    @paulaneary7877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am literally IN LOVE with Dudley Moore. Even more so after watching this. Yep, LOVE.

  • @kiwimike31
    @kiwimike31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man alive this is incredibly.

  • @girl920
    @girl920 16 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    BRAVO!! As a classically trained musician, this is especially hilarious... love the looong drawn-out ending!!

  • @theaffiliate4208
    @theaffiliate4208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a copy of the original "BBC 3rd Program Broadcast" LP, which was the pre-Monty Python group. This toon was labeled "Same To You". A 'March on the River Kawi' Sonata. Actually, scored it (wrote it to sheet music), improvised a couple more stanzas (needed it to be over 5 mins) and performed it at one of my recitals, to the angst of my piano instructor, but to the amusement of the audience. Even after 40 years, my mother still talks about that performance. Can still pull most of it out of my hat...

  • @jdogcisco1
    @jdogcisco1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome! So much talent and humor in once piece! That never ending ending...loved it!

  • @ThunderAppeal
    @ThunderAppeal 16 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant in every way.
    Every time I watch this I feel like my head is going to explode trying absorb every nuance in this piece.

  • @girl920
    @girl920 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is one of my favorite videos on TH-cam! I saw it a few times years ago and started looking for it again today, so happy to have found it yay! makes me happy!

  • @johnpolhamus9041
    @johnpolhamus9041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If he never did anything else, nothing more would have been needed to testify to his comedic and musical genius. Bravo!!

  • @carlamartin8286
    @carlamartin8286 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is truly wonderful!
    I so miss Dudley he was one of the most talented ever musically and theatrically but most of all his musical dexterity skill and mastermind of how classical music can capture and entrance

  • @frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825
    @frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The very best genius comedy musician period !!! He is sorely missed by many.

  • @kayper54
    @kayper54 13 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I never get tired of listening to this. I would have loved to see him get together with Victor Borge and create something special.

    • @Chuzini
      @Chuzini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love the fact that the comedy was all in the playing of the music! I absolutely adore Borge but he frustrates the heck out of me because, as talented as he was musically, he played so very little in his comedy pieces. But yeah, they were both over-the-top as comedians and as musicians.

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Chuzini He did a lot of serious work as well. Sadly, the comedy sold better and made more money for the producers. We got what we were given.

    • @davidcroft9320
      @davidcroft9320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quit so - but could they both fit in the same room at the same time :)

  • @MrHobbio
    @MrHobbio 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He played many straight recitals, including duets (I forget who with unfortunately). They're around, and he really shows his talent :)

  • @TomBarrister
    @TomBarrister 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "coda: is a blend of codas from three Beethoven sonatas and a piano quartet by Schubert. I haven't seen this in years, and it's not only funny, it's also well-written and played.

  • @MyTROLLEYBUS
    @MyTROLLEYBUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My how we forget how Dudley was a brilliant musician as well as actor & comedian. At the end of his life it was his inability to play the piano that saddened him the most. I regularly play tracks from his albums on my jazz themed radio show.

  • @CheekyVimto08
    @CheekyVimto08 14 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i love the fact that he can be hilarious just by playing

  • @davidbryant3223
    @davidbryant3223 ปีที่แล้ว

    brilliant doesn't even begin to cut it here... thank you Dudley you are so missed!

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Parody or not, it takes talent and discipline to be so good and so silly. Bravo.

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!.Stay safe

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greggriffin3422 Not really.

  • @marcelobrunorodrigues7630
    @marcelobrunorodrigues7630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember that many years ago I watched a documentary about Handel's life and Dudley was the narrator and at least the harpsichordist in one of the Concerti grossi. Truly brilliant!

  • @suchick13
    @suchick13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I wholeheartedly agree with Gustaw Jokiel's fabulous musical analysis of this piece (see below - it's a great summary), but I've always thought not only does this piece succeed as a musical parody, it's hitting on *so* many levels. Like :
    - it takes on Beethovan as a piece of musical satire (props)
    - it takes the piss out of British "pomp and glory" WWII stuff
    - it takes the piss out of "Bridge on the River Kwai", having the "Colonel Bogey" theme go on, and on, and on....
    - it takes the piss out of musical performance
    - and Moore not only manages to play this brilliantly, but also has fantastic physical comedic nuances in his increasingly frantic looks and twitches
    I will never tire of this.

  • @jwvandegronden
    @jwvandegronden ปีที่แล้ว

    As a kid I was in love with this man, his comedy, timing, his cunning abilities; Now, 2023, and it still makes me laugh out loud, which is not a given no matter how good a piece of comedy is, not being able to control yourself, when you watch something alone, research shows we are much more timid in our responses yet here I am crying with laughter for this ridiculously beautiful composition and performance by this brilliant man.
    When I learned form his death and the cruel lead-up to it, he was one of few I personally mourned, that close to my heart this man had made it. And that is a small group, with only a few who reached that threshold; thank you Dudley Moore for being so generous with your gift!!

  • @injamaven
    @injamaven 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so lucky to still have this, been remembering it for over 30 yrs!
    Too bad this amazing talent wasn't fully utilized! Yahoos for an audience!

  • @NormanV
    @NormanV 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Best. Coda. Ever.

  • @thomaselliott573
    @thomaselliott573 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the most loved and lovable men

  • @yessanknow302
    @yessanknow302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stunning.

  • @odairbonfim
    @odairbonfim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Very funny" is an understatement! The coda sounds as if Beethoven was trying different approaches to end the piece but couldn't decided which one to use and then just put them all together. Marvelous.

  • @kathowed
    @kathowed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Astonishingly brilliant! On so many levels. Thanks for sharing: I've not seen this before.

    • @duanehorton4680
      @duanehorton4680 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I HAD not seen this before.

    • @bcdm999
      @bcdm999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Duane, I know that you did not just correct someone who was using proper British English about an English performer. I just know it.

    • @duanehorton4680
      @duanehorton4680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bcdm999 The past perfect tense is the same in American and British English. It is the tense he should have used.

    • @carolvogelman5261
      @carolvogelman5261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Find classic albums of Beyond the Fringe there are two and they are brilliant insane comedy!

  • @jgrif026
    @jgrif026 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    to this day, my all time favorite piano player. it's another animal all together when u add comedy successfully to beethoven

  • @ginnylorenz5265
    @ginnylorenz5265 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh! the depth of this talent. And in so many directions. Lovable genius. Glorious. Brilliant. Thank you, Dudley, for the joy!!!!!

  • @cubanbach
    @cubanbach 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought I would never see and hear this again! MOORE's incredible variety of talents were sadly only known to a few. He was reported to have been an amazingly talented JAZZ pianist in his own right. The world has always been replete with dung that is lauded by the masses. It's their loss that they never knew THIS Dudley as well.

    • @Thursdaym2
      @Thursdaym2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wasn't just reported as a great jazz pianist. He performed not only on TV in UK many times with his trio but made a number of LPs of which I have a couple.

    • @EJP286CRSKW
      @EJP286CRSKW 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only known to a few? He did this in the West End and on Broadway for a several years, then on TV, and sold many thousands of records. Spent his declining years touring as a classical pianist.

    • @EJP286CRSKW
      @EJP286CRSKW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only known to a few? He did this in the West End and on Broadway for several years, then a long-running TV show, sold many thousands of records, and spent his declining years touring as a pianist.

  • @annearenstein8195
    @annearenstein8195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant. In so many ways.

  • @joethy
    @joethy 16 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Possibly one of the best (if not THE Best) paradoies of all time. That man was a musical genius.
    R.I.P Dud

  • @theresaanspaugh6788
    @theresaanspaugh6788 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved Dudley, he was one of the most talented musicians, comedian actor of our time.

  • @robinmaugham7572
    @robinmaugham7572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great talented musician and actor so greatly missed well done dudx

  • @laurabezden1874
    @laurabezden1874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m hoping we have a world where everyone learns how to sing, play the piano or at least some instrument and dance. Much more prevalent 100 years ago than it is today. Brilliant man and musician!

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I grew up at a time when a good number of homes had a piano and the ability to play was an 'expected', rather than an exception.

    • @carolvogelman5261
      @carolvogelman5261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We had that world until we got technology and we could let someone else do it! Around 1900, most households had a piano, more than had a bathtub! My journalist father said we were becoming a nation of watchers! He said it would ruin us! Frank Lloyd Wright had all his students at Talieson work each one in a garden patch and every student had to play an instrument! I entirely agree with you! Watching accomplished people play gives many the false idea that observing is the same as playing! Only by doing have we the humility we need for intelligent observation! Constant watching makes us arrogant!

    • @greggriffin3422
      @greggriffin3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carolvogelman5261 Hello! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!.Stay safe

  • @lhkuminek
    @lhkuminek 17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this guy is a genious!
    I loved his joke of a interminable ending like beethoven's ones...

  • @ivankuljis1780
    @ivankuljis1780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dudley, you Bloody GENIUS!
    From Oz with LOVE
    We miss you!

  • @PauloJ21
    @PauloJ21 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is musical genius and superb humour.
    Long live this recording. Thanks for this laugh and memory Dudley.

  • @TheCoolProfessor
    @TheCoolProfessor 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What talent he had!

  • @endlessMB
    @endlessMB 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Alan goes 3:34

  • @biegel88
    @biegel88 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brings back to mind Victor Borge and PDQ Bach. Brilliant use of augmentation too--perhaps the lost cadenza to the 3rd Concerto-someone must write out and publish!

  • @emmanuelpower2439
    @emmanuelpower2439 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply stunning... epitomises brilliance

  • @danmozartiano
    @danmozartiano 12 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Solo un genio puede realizar una parodia con altura, calidad y respeto. La musica "Clasica" no es aburrida como muchos creen. Los musicos que nos dedicamos a ella lo sabemos bien y el sentido del humor no esta nunca ausente. Genio Dudley-

    • @lardo1978
      @lardo1978 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meraviglioso attore e musicista

  • @LewisSmith
    @LewisSmith 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Dudley Moore. I am so lost without his comedy and genius. I wish other musicians could see the humour avaliable to us in music as he did. Brilliant vid. Thank you.... Lewis.

  • @AimzS94
    @AimzS94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A work of genius.

  • @prisonersforprofit
    @prisonersforprofit 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    brilliant musician and comedian.