Hello All - Sir Patrick's Music Archivist here. Firstly, to whoever put this clip up, may I say a massive thank you! These clips are so hard to come by it's crazy - so the joy I had when I saw this come up - no words for it. Secondly, I would like to confirm that Patrick is playing his own composition here. We now know that he composed well over 100 pieces, and that does not count all of the individual items in his 3 comic operas in addition. Several pieces for Xylophone (with Piano accompaniment) were composed, and this one is "The Hurricane", dated 1980. The Xylophone he is playing is his own 4 octave concert instrument, which he would have had for a considerable time by 1990. I myself have been fortunate to play this instrument at Patrick's home, during my visits to see him and talk about Music. The Piano accompaniment that Patrick is playing along to creates an interesting question. Of course Patrick composed the accompaniment. There is no Pianist here, so Patrick must be playing along to a tape which the program is playing through it's sound systems for him to hear. What's curious though is that when I was at a visit to Patrick's, he said to me "there is a tape of accompaniments to my xylophone pieces which you need, it's me playing unfortunately". If you listen to the even rarer clips of Patrick playing the Piano, the style of playing is similar to what is heard here, and the instrument could also be the same as some private recordings found. Patrick often recorded himself playing his own Music onto cassette tapes, using his own cassette recorder. He did this at home, on his own instruments - as well as recording concerts he did. Therefore, we can conclude that it's almost certain that Patrick is playing the Xylophone along to himself playing the Piano! Further, there is a good chance that the Piano being played is his own at his home. Patrick would have probably made that tape in an afternoon, in a spare hour or two which he made for himself to do it. At the moment, I do not know if that cassette tape has been accounted for, but it certainly was made, and I am trying to find out if it's been found. Once again, thank you for putting this very valuable clip up. Best Regards C www.chrisbeaumontxylo.co.uk
+Christopher Beaumont Hi Chris, I can't tell you who recorded this clip originally as it is from a compilation reel I found sometime ago. It seems to have gained over 3,000 views since I uploaded in March so must be rare as you say. The only other clip I have is a short highlights clip of Sir Patrick playing on the Isle of Wight on Going Live, somebody had uploaded that show in full but appears to have been deleted (probably for copyright). There will certainly be nobody else like Sir Patrick Moore. Thanks
+Put The Telly On Thank you for your comment! Is Patrick playing a smaller Xylophone on the Isle of Wight clip? If he is, I might have seen an extract from that. I would need to see the clip itself though to confirm. Rare is a understatement for these clips! I agree, Patrick was a unique gentleman - in so many ways.
Thankyou for posting this. I remember seeing this at the time it was aired on t.v. Being a fan of the sky at night and with an electic taste in music I enjoyed seeing Sir Patrick having fun and entertaining us too.
In the early 1960’s, this man started my lifelong interest in astronomy, which over the many years of giving lectures, public displays and open nights at my own observatories, slowly turned into professional astronomical research with other astronomers around the world, including joint projects with NASA JPL, Discovery Channel TV, and many more. Living in Leeds with its polluted skies, I accepted a foundation position at the new University of Tasmania Clinical School-Pathology Dept, in 1968 and continued for another 50 odd years with astronomy as a parallel activity under superb southern skies. As a friend and mentor, Sir Patrick Moore was without equal. At almost 84, I am still very active and my observatories/telescopes continue to get regular use. Greetings from Southern Cross Observatory- 42 South Tasmania Australia. Thank you Sir Patrick. We both had the RAF in common, Like Patrick, I always wore my RAF Medical Branch tie and blazer-proud to have served.
I spent most of my childhood living just outside of Leeds city centre, and travelled to the south of England frequently as a youngster for family holidays that included beautifully dark skies. My father was an avid amateur astronomer and taught me everything he could, and the Sky at Night was staple viewing in our house throughout my younger years. Dad and I once attended an astronomy convention in Birmingham that Sir Patrick had been slated to attend, but had had to cancel at the last minute due to illness. All this to say, I recognize your name, Sir, and have been fascinated by work like yours and Sir Patrick's for as long as I can remember - and I would just like to say hello :)
@@jjmetrejhon1743 Hello from Tasmania, thank you for your kind comments- If you do a search for Patrick Moore on TH-cam, you will find many interesting clips for Patrick Moore both in astronomy and music. He was a great friend and mentor to me for many years and we kept in touch. A rare man, the likes we will not see again, how many people did he evoke an interest in astronomy? I do wonder how you have seen my work, having left Leeds in 1968 to take up a foundation position in a brand new University Clinical School Dept of Pathology, the same field I was in at Leeds Medical School. When I arrived in Hobart, the new building was still under construction, so we were in a an old temporary furniture removalist and storage building, run by a firm called Andrew Mather, what a strange coincidence. Here is a link to my Google Photos albums, which you may be interested to peruse if so inclined. It has been a wonderful life 'down under' beautiful skies with the best objects, many observable year round as they are circumpolar. Google ''Southern Cross Observatory'' and /or my name, lots of articles, stories etc. I still do work at the University as an hoorary research associate and overseas with NASA -JPL projects, being 85 going on 86 is no barrier to scientific involvement. photos.google.com/albums .My Kindest Regards and Best Wishes with your endeavours. Shevill Mathers.
Patrick Moore was always old even in his younger days, well that's how I remember him, a true legend and how bloody dare he die and leave us alone, bless you Patrick
A talented musician ( which many people are not aware of ), obviously a brilliant scientist, a fantastic presenter, all round good egg. I loved him on "Sky At Night" when I was a kid, I don't think anyone could replace him. Brian Cox maybe ? Similarly, eminent physicist, musician, presenter. Not to everyone's taste, I know, but you can't argue with his credentials and his knowledge. Be fair, people, Britain has produced a lot of scientists, engineers, mathematicians to be proud of. And these are just the "mainstream, well-known personalities" :-) There's plenty more where they came from.
If you mean difficult to live with, I don't think so - I've read various accounts of people who'd visited him for whatever reason. If you mean he never married, his beloved fiancée was killed by enemy action during the war.
I fear it was only a joke by the poster though, though it sent me scurrying to Google to check! His beloved fiancée was killed by a bomb while driving an ambulance during the war, and he never married, so I presume had no issue. (Why do wonderful people so often not have children, whereas...)
Hello All - Sir Patrick's Music Archivist here.
Firstly, to whoever put this clip up, may I say a massive thank you! These clips are so hard to come by it's crazy - so the joy I had when I saw this come up - no words for it.
Secondly, I would like to confirm that Patrick is playing his own composition here. We now know that he composed well over 100 pieces, and that does not count all of the individual items in his 3 comic operas in addition. Several pieces for Xylophone (with Piano accompaniment) were composed, and this one is "The Hurricane", dated 1980.
The Xylophone he is playing is his own 4 octave concert instrument, which he would have had for a considerable time by 1990. I myself have been fortunate to play this instrument at Patrick's home, during my visits to see him and talk about Music.
The Piano accompaniment that Patrick is playing along to creates an interesting question. Of course Patrick composed the accompaniment. There is no Pianist here, so Patrick must be playing along to a tape which the program is playing through it's sound systems for him to hear. What's curious though is that when I was at a visit to Patrick's, he said to me "there is a tape of accompaniments to my xylophone pieces which you need, it's me playing unfortunately".
If you listen to the even rarer clips of Patrick playing the Piano, the style of playing is similar to what is heard here, and the instrument could also be the same as some private recordings found. Patrick often recorded himself playing his own Music onto cassette tapes, using his own cassette recorder. He did this at home, on his own instruments - as well as recording concerts he did.
Therefore, we can conclude that it's almost certain that Patrick is playing the Xylophone along to himself playing the Piano! Further, there is a good chance that the Piano being played is his own at his home.
Patrick would have probably made that tape in an afternoon, in a spare hour or two which he made for himself to do it. At the moment, I do not know if that cassette tape has been accounted for, but it certainly was made, and I am trying to find out if it's been found.
Once again, thank you for putting this very valuable clip up.
Best Regards
C
www.chrisbeaumontxylo.co.uk
+Christopher Beaumont Hi Chris, I can't tell you who recorded this clip originally as it is from a compilation reel I found sometime ago. It seems to have gained over 3,000 views since I uploaded in March so must be rare as you say. The only other clip I have is a short highlights clip of Sir Patrick playing on the Isle of Wight on Going Live, somebody had uploaded that show in full but appears to have been deleted (probably for copyright).
There will certainly be nobody else like Sir Patrick Moore.
Thanks
+Put The Telly On Thank you for your comment!
Is Patrick playing a smaller Xylophone on the Isle of Wight clip? If he is, I might have seen an extract from that. I would need to see the clip itself though to confirm.
Rare is a understatement for these clips!
I agree, Patrick was a unique gentleman - in so many ways.
Thank you, Sir, for all of your work and what a grand honour indeed it must have been to spend time with such a genius.
This just changed my life.
You beauty !
🎵 Patrick Moore plays the xylophone, Patrick Moore plays the xylophone, Patrick Moore plays the xylophone, Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Patrick! 🎵
Pa pa papa pa patriiiiiiiick
Who cannot but remember Sir Patrick Moore with warmth. Always brings a smile to my face.
So he really did play the xylophone
He also partied with aliens
Yes, yes
Good grief I remember this, what a surprise, brilliant man the likes of which we'll not see again.
Thankyou for posting this. I remember seeing this at the time it was aired on t.v. Being a fan of the sky at night and with an electic taste in music I enjoyed seeing Sir Patrick having fun and entertaining us too.
His Version of FireStarter is pretty good too
In the early 1960’s, this man started my lifelong interest in astronomy, which over the many years of giving lectures, public displays and open nights at my own observatories, slowly turned into professional astronomical research with other astronomers around the world, including joint projects with NASA JPL, Discovery Channel TV, and many more. Living in Leeds with its polluted skies, I accepted a foundation position at the new University of Tasmania Clinical School-Pathology Dept, in 1968 and continued for another 50 odd years with astronomy as a parallel activity under superb southern skies. As a friend and mentor, Sir Patrick Moore was without equal. At almost 84, I am still very active and my observatories/telescopes continue to get regular use. Greetings from Southern Cross Observatory- 42 South Tasmania Australia. Thank you Sir Patrick. We both had the RAF in common, Like Patrick, I always wore my RAF Medical Branch tie and blazer-proud to have served.
I spent most of my childhood living just outside of Leeds city centre, and travelled to the south of England frequently as a youngster for family holidays that included beautifully dark skies. My father was an avid amateur astronomer and taught me everything he could, and the Sky at Night was staple viewing in our house throughout my younger years. Dad and I once attended an astronomy convention in Birmingham that Sir Patrick had been slated to attend, but had had to cancel at the last minute due to illness. All this to say, I recognize your name, Sir, and have been fascinated by work like yours and Sir Patrick's for as long as I can remember - and I would just like to say hello :)
@@jjmetrejhon1743 Hello from Tasmania, thank you for your kind comments- If you do a search for Patrick Moore on TH-cam, you will find many interesting clips for Patrick Moore both in astronomy and music. He was a great friend and mentor to me for many years and we kept in touch. A rare man, the likes we will not see again, how many people did he evoke an interest in astronomy? I do wonder how you have seen my work, having left Leeds in 1968 to take up a foundation position in a brand new University Clinical School Dept of Pathology, the same field I was in at Leeds Medical School. When I arrived in Hobart, the new building was still under construction, so we were in a an old temporary furniture removalist and storage building, run by a firm called Andrew Mather, what a strange coincidence. Here is a link to my Google Photos albums, which you may be interested to peruse if so inclined. It has been a wonderful life 'down under' beautiful skies with the best objects, many observable year round as they are circumpolar. Google ''Southern Cross Observatory'' and /or my name, lots of articles, stories etc. I still do work at the University as an hoorary research associate and overseas with NASA -JPL projects, being 85 going on 86 is no barrier to scientific involvement. photos.google.com/albums .My Kindest Regards and Best Wishes with your endeavours. Shevill Mathers.
Patrick Moore was always old even in his younger days, well that's how I remember him, a true legend and how bloody dare he die and leave us alone, bless you Patrick
A talented musician ( which many people are not aware of ), obviously a brilliant scientist, a fantastic presenter, all round good egg. I loved him on "Sky At Night" when I was a kid, I don't think anyone could replace him. Brian Cox maybe ? Similarly, eminent physicist, musician, presenter. Not to everyone's taste, I know, but you can't argue with his credentials and his knowledge.
Be fair, people, Britain has produced a lot of scientists, engineers, mathematicians to be proud of. And these are just the "mainstream, well-known personalities" :-) There's plenty more where they came from.
wonderful
What a legend.
This man is a true marvel 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
happy birthday !!love this guy
Ha, he really did play the xylophone. It wasn't a lie, it was TRUE.
What a wonderful clip!
What a legend!🤓🫡
My gods. He really does.
Pa pa pa pa pa Patrick!
Patrick Moore genius
Hes really good ! R.I.P
Monocle or Xylophone sir?
I can't play the monocle, and the Xylophone won't fit the eye!
Right. That's enough internet for me tonight
Sir Patrick is jamming with William Herschel now.
He would have been 67 at the time of this performance.
he would be 67 just before and just after it too.
fabulous
Xylophone Home
i wish he got to see pluto before he died. such a shame he didnt.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🇬🇧🥰
This should have been at the Royal Albert Hall!
Papapapapa-patrick
Sir Patrick Moore was a great man who loved the solar system but must have been difficult to live on his own by the seaside.
If you mean difficult to live with, I don't think so - I've read various accounts of people who'd visited him for whatever reason. If you mean he never married, his beloved fiancée was killed by enemy action during the war.
:-)
The sky at night star is know Patrick more
Right.... He isn't Boris Johnson's grandfather as he never had kids. Get your facts right
The house sounds like a phone of wood
What is the tune
what is he playing
The xylophone
Boris Johnson's Great Grandfather. Classic comment!
I fear it was only a joke by the poster though, though it sent me scurrying to Google to check! His beloved fiancée was killed by a bomb while driving an ambulance during the war, and he never married, so I presume had no issue.
(Why do wonderful people so often not have children, whereas...)
No. He never had kids so Boris isn't his grand son.