Coronavirus/the Covid 19 outbreak is a disaster for musicians. But we look adversity in the eye and laugh in its stupid face. Classical music at its funniest. NOT FUNNY? Click 'more', below.
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The Corona Virus outbreak (Covid-19) has resulted in the cancellation of public gatherings. This also cancels the jobs of millions of freelance musicians around the world - people who already don't get paid holidays, sick pay, company pensions, or any other kind of benefit. It's a disaster and has left creative people with no income and little prospect of it for many months, possibly years - there will be no easy resumption after Corona Virus.
CORONAVIRUS IS NOT FUNNY?
If, when watching this video, you see a man laughing at people who are suffering or dying, you need to look again. This video was made by a freelance performer who has lost all his work. No work means no income and uncertainty about your future. This is how it is now for many other creatives, a lot of whom are less fortunate than Rainer - you don't have to be ill to be a victim of Coronavirus.
"If you knew anyone that had suffered, you wouldn't make this video". Rainer Hersch lives in London UK, which has seen a 'tsunami' of cases, including among his close friends and colleagues, and he is in the 'at risk' group, as the result of a long-term medical condition. But rather than being, he chooses to actually conduct the forces of his destruction.
"Yes, but people have died". Every death is a tragedy. On 1st July 1916, during the First World War, 26,000 people died on the first day of the Somme but that didn't stop the soldiers in the trenches using black humour to deal with it www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm.... Comedy doesn't just check-out when death is involved. Still "JUST NOT FUNNY"? Sorry if this has offended you but not everyone thinks the same as the comments and 'likes' for this video show.
ABOUT RAINER HERSCH
British stand-up comedian Rainer Hersch has performed on every comedy stage in the UK and in more than thirty countries across the world. He has appeared thirteen times at Edinburgh Festival, headlined the famous Comedy Store and presented countless shows for BBC TV and Radio. A trained pianist and conductor, he also combines his comedy with music, leading orchestras from Australia to St Petersburg - including many Pops Concert series in the US and Canada. He has collaborated with some of the great names in classical music including Alfred Brendel, Nicola Benedetti, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Marc-André Hamelin.
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18 мар 2020
