Patrick Moore plays the xylophone | Hudson & Halls | BBC1 26/11/1990 

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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

So he really did play the xylophone

Pa pa papa pa patriiiiiiiick

Who cannot but remember Sir Patrick Moore with warmth. Always brings a smile to my face.

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.

Good grief I remember this, what a surprise, brilliant man the likes of which we'll not see again.

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.

wonderful

What a legend.

This man is a true marvel 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

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.

happy birthday !!love this guy

What a legend!🤓🫡

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

His Version of FireStarter is pretty good too

My gods. He really does. Pa pa pa pa pa Patrick!

Ha, he really did play the xylophone. It wasn't a lie, it was TRUE.

What a wonderful clip!

Monocle or Xylophone sir? I can't play the monocle, and the Xylophone won't fit the eye!

Hes really good ! R.I.P

Patrick Moore genius

Xylophone Home

fabulous

Right. That's enough internet for me tonight

i wish he got to see pluto before he died. such a shame he didnt.

Sir Patrick is jamming with William Herschel now. He would have been 67 at the time of this performance.

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.

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Right.... He isn't Boris Johnson's grandfather as he never had kids. Get your facts right

The sky at night star is know Patrick more

The house sounds like a phone of wood

What is the tune

:-)

what is he playing

Boris Johnson's Great Grandfather. Classic comment!