Thu March 24, 2022
San Francisco Performances Presents Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
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Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 pm
San Francisco Performances (SFP) presents George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Thursday, March 24, 2022, 7:30pm at Herbst Theatre. This is the SFP debut of the much-loved ensemble, renowned for wit, humor and musical virtuosity.
George Hincliffe's 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 exploration 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".
$45-$75.
Presented by San Francisco Performances.
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San Francisco Performances (SFP) presents George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Thursday, March 24, 2022, 7:30pm at Herbst Theatre. This is the SFP debut of the much-loved ensemble, renowned for wit, humor and musical virtuosity.
George Hincliffe's 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 exploration 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".
$45-$75.
Presented by San Francisco Performances.
Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 pm
San Francisco Performances (SFP) presents George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Thursday, March 24, 2022, 7:30pm at Herbst Theatre. This is the SFP debut of the much-loved ensemble, renowned for wit, humor and musical virtuosity.
George Hincliffe's 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 exploration 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".
$45-$75.
Presented by San Francisco Performances.
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San Francisco Performances (SFP) presents George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Thursday, March 24, 2022, 7:30pm at Herbst Theatre. This is the SFP debut of the much-loved ensemble, renowned for wit, humor and musical virtuosity.
George Hincliffe's 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 exploration 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".
$45-$75.
Presented by San Francisco Performances.
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