CLASSICAL SOPRANO surprises audience with STAR TREK | Conductor Rainer Hersch
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2020
- Spanish Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal performs a hilarious STAR TREK warmup. Comedy and classical music LIVE. A Trekkie treat. Conductor Rainer Hersch.
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Trekkies delight! Brilliant Spanish soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal (www.lauraruhividal.com/) 'warms up' for her appearance with the Rainer Hersch Orkestra by singing a parody of the theme to the original series of Star Trek. With its original cast of characters: James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Leonard 'Bones' McCoy (DeForest Kelly), Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), this was one of the most beloved TV shows of the sixties. The "Theme from Star Trek" (originally scored under the title "Where No Man Has Gone Before") was composed by Alexander Courage. The original soprano in the studio recording was Loulie Jean Norman.
Thanks to all those people who have posted lyrics. Laura Ruhí Vidal either didn't know them or preferred not to sing them. They probably mean even less to a Spanish-speaker than they do if you are an English-speaking native. Anyway, for the record, they are:
Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.
According to the web: "Without Courage's knowledge, Gene Roddenberry, who created the original Star Trek TV series, wrote these lyrics to Courage's tune, not in the expectation that they would ever be performed but in order to claim a 50% share of the music's performance royalties. Although there was never any litigation, Courage later commented that he considered Roddenberry's conduct unethical. Roddenberry was quoted as responding, "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek." Well, he got that wrong.
This performance took place at Cadogan Hall, London as part of the Rainer Hersch Orkestra's 'New Year's Eve Bash 2019'. Tickets for the 2020 NYE Bash are on sale here cadoganhall.com/whats-on/rain... The Rainer Hersch Orkestra is composed of violins, violas, cellos, double bass, clarinet, French horn, piano and percussion - together, they create the funniest classical music on the web. Please subscribe to this channel and spread the word. THANKS!
ABOUT LAURA RUHÍ VIDAL
Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal graduated from the Opera Masters at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama of London, after she completed her BMus (Hons) and being awarded an Artist Fellowship. She has sung opera roles such as Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor with Pop-Up Opera, Papagena in The Magic Flute with Mid Wales Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Project, Barena in Jenufa at the Longborough Opera Festival, etc. Besides, she also has sung in various concert venues (Barbican, St Martin in the Fields, Purcell Room), and festivals across the UK and Spain.
ABOUT RAINER HERSCH
A trained conductor and pianist, British stand-up comedian Rainer Hersch ("Victor Borge for a new generation" The Times) has performed on every comedy stage in the UK and in more than thirty countries across the world. He is responsible for UA-cam hits such as "Orchestra plays Microsoft Windows™ - the waltz" • Funny! Orchestra plays... to "The Funniest Classical Orchestra Ever" • Funniest Classical Orc... - this is the guy that actually does on a concert stage what others just talk about. Find out what Rainer did next bit.ly/1hGR52j Rainer and his Orkestra are on tour in Autumn 2020 www.rainerhersch.com/whatson/
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What an outstanding performance! I got goosebumps all over!
Red T is right: Nerd-Brain's and Music Brain's excitement at the same time. Even better than that star-Wars-Flashmob in Cologne, which was my all-time-number-one-Nerd-Music-goosebump-favourite! :)
Thank you so much for your fabulous work!
where can I find this??
I'd never heard of this, so I did a UA-cam search for 'Star Wars flash mob Cologne.' It's great, you'll love it!
I got goosebumps too
Yay!
me too
She's givin' it all she's got, Captain!
LMAO - RIP Scottie
OMG that reminds me of In Living Color 🤭
@@veganath Captain she's about to blow. !!
She canna take anymore!
She can not change the laws of physics!
That's an homage, not a parody. Live long, and prosper.
Craig Hartel 🖖
"we call it an homage"
🖖
🖖🏾
People put the stupidest titles to videos - I guess that is the origin and continuation of clickbait
The laughter was from instant recognition of that famous theme song...not because her singing it was a "joke." I smiled along with the audience. She did a fabulous job bringing that little soprano solo to life, again.
Tears in my eyes as a Trekkie and a classical vocalist. Love this.
musician here and guilty as charged cried me a river. i Like, OLE'!
Me too
same
Contrabass (double bass) "tapping my bow on my music stand" in agreement. Both Star Trek, and orchestral music, are about what we can all accomplish together.
Okay...I´m NOT trekkie...but a chill runs down all my back, and some tears comes from my eyes when I hear this performance...
Repeat, I´m not a trekkie, but now I feel the need to build an enterprise´s diorama...or adopt a tribble...
I love that the orchestra plays the first three notes and you immediately hear about 5% of the audience understand exactly what's going to happen.
hahahah Trekers inside....
The excitement was FELT!!!!!
Its just one of those pieces.
As soon as the bassist touched bow to string, more like :o)
@@younglaster velour
That's NOT a parody, that's a bloody brilliant interpretation. A Parody makes fun of something.
Exactly ^^
Well said bud
Exactly. It was a BRILLIANT interpretation of such a classic tv show's theme song!
Absolutely. It's a fine performance of an excellent piece of music. I was bit surprised that so much of the audience didn't seem to recognize it until she started singing - the orchestra seemed to be playing it from the start pretty much the way it was written.
Agreed
Holy Moly! As a Star Trek fan that performance by Spanish Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal was beyond Antares. Bravo!
I'm a Trekkie for 45 years... Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Spock, Bones, Scotty and Gene would smile now while watching this. And look at her Vulcan greeting at 2:44. :)
Thx:: I did not notice the Vulcan "Live Long & Prosper" gesture upon initial casual viewings -- was too focused on her face mouth! ♡♡ What a playful gem!
All stand for the Trekkie national anthem.
Assalutely.
@@RainerHerschUA-cam \/_
(getting up from the console chair)
May you live long and prosper.
Still standing.
Spot the Trekkies in the audience who go it from the first four notes (while the rest of them got it when she started to sing - bravo to her for her performance too!)
Yeah, it's fun to see the penny drop.
The musically advanced Trekkies got that even on the first note (despite needing four of them). The instruments being used are just too suspicious.
I wouldn’t call myself a trekkie, but those four notes at the beginning are unmistakable
@@johno3326 : Check the beginning of "The Wizard of Speed and Time."
"Bravo" is for male performers. Use "brava" for females :D
When they said Star Trek and classical soprano I knew it had to be from the old series. And yes, she did a brilliant job! Encore!
She's the real deal! OMG! This takes me back to my childhood and watching every episode. What an angelic ethereal voice. What a gift! My day is now complete. :)
Dammit, Jim. I'm a soprano, not a doctor.
Hahahahahahahaha - that was CLASSIC
LMAO. Perfect!
Right on!!!!!
🤣🖖🏻
I love your comment :D
She may not speak English, but we *ALL* understood her perfectly. No need for a universal translator for that iconic opening.
she speaks english.
@@riskinhos Yes. But she sings Star Trek!
Haha it's all part of the act, all opera singers speak 3 languages minimum lol
...nor the vulcan hand sign at the end !
Well duh^^ she speaks music, that is a universal language.
50 odd years after a low budget syfi TV series was dropped, this wonderful tear bringing performance reminds us how deaply Star Trek is engrained in the hearts of the people of this planet, the smart ones with taste and obviously not the TV programing directors. Star Trek still Living Long and Prospering!
No parody! She just preformed one of the most iconic Sci-fi television music pieces in history; and did it Beautifully I think.
She made the geek in me happy!
🖖🤓💖🎶
She boldly went where no one has gone before.
She boldly sang what no soprano has sung before.
She went where no MAN has gone before. It was TNG that altered the phase to "no one".
I love how she did the Vulcan Salute at the end. I see some people here also noticed that. 🖖
A real Star Trek fan wouldn't miss it.
I saw that immediately. I’m still unable to make that hand gesture.
@@Marchant2
Use tape...
Yes loved it.
@@Marchant2 I am able to make that hand gesture left-handed. I am actually right-handed.
This is thrilling for me. I watched the very first original episode of Star Trek aired in 1966 and fell in love with Star Trek, and have been a Trekki ever since. This is the first time I have heard someone do that original theme song on stage. What a beautiful rendition of the original piece. Wow. My heart runneth over.........
This actually brought tears to my eyes. I love it when people are nerdy
It would be illogical not to like this.
jIQochbe' (Klingon)
True, that!
Agreed Adameral !
I loved her handgesture at the end!
@@jimmyrun4eva885 LOL!
Wow she nailed it. This song is so emblematic of not just Star Trek, but the entire television era of that time.
Yes!!
I remember that Star Trek was uniquely different than almost any other television theme of the day.
And she even gave the Vulcan salute at the end which is actually reminiscent of an ancient Hebrew han't symbol the symbolizes the Split Rock which gave the Hebrews water after they made their escape from Egypt.
@@44hawk28 Beyond reminiscent - straight up adapted. Leonard Nimoy told of seeing the rabbi making the gesture over the congregation at synagogue and using it for the Vulcan "Live long and prosper" salute.
I remember the series because it brought back memories of visiting a friend who had the only color TV set on the block.
@@knottreel yeah those were a little scarce at the time. I remember watching the pilot and the first episode and then every episode thereafter. I believe that first episode was September 1966
My God, it instantly transported me to my teens in front of my black and white TV!!! One of the versions of the series' opening theme. To this day I am a fan of the classic crew of the old USS Enterprise.
Transported ;)
It's not a parody: it's an homage!
It’s a cheese?
I was expecting William Shatner come on stage and say: "Space....the final frontier.....These are the Voyages of the Starship Enterprise...."
Todd A. He hates Star Trek events. More like he would do his ridiculous “Rocket Man” soliloquy! 😹
You mean, "...these....are....the voyages of.....the Starship Enterprise...".
Patrick Stewart would have been much more at home with this being a more cultured kind of person.
@@stub2022 You REALLY mean "Captain Kirk... is climbing the mountain... Why.. is he climbing the mountain?"
"make it so" :3
Honestly, you never think about how complicated that piece of music is until you see it in action.
Or until you hear the drummer from this performance... ugh.
Awesome horn playing!
As music, it is a very serious piece written for Loulie Jean Norman.
There's all sorts of layers in the rhythm in that piece.
Watched this many times and only now saw the "Live long and prosper" salute - wonderful!
yes
I did not see this coming......That was absolutely "stellar" !
The sheet music must have had a lot of Tribble clefs.
Ouch! What did you hope to grain by that?
That's the trouble with tribbles.
you make me miss my dad!
OOOH. I blame Arne Darvin.
HAHA! HAHA ahhh crap I'm old enough to get that...
I've heard those 4 chimes and 3 horn notes literally thousands of times. This version put a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.
I felt the same way, which made the laughter all the more annoying!
Same
I get chills before the 4 chimes finish every time!
You forgot the goosebumps and shivers down your spine...
@@ElizabethT45 Mine is more like a tingling up my spine. But this one was really special.
As Scotty would have said: "Brought a tear to me eye".
That was amazing. Speaking as someone with Grade VIII Conservatory vocal music training, the Star Trek theme is actually a *great* warmup piece. But fantastic. LLAP!!!
I play the French horn, and I the day I duet this piece with an opera singer, I can officially die happy.
I hear death is not a bad thing.
Old (former) horn player nodding agreement.
@@jthepickle7 Not if you've played French horn in duet this piece with an opera singer. Otherwise, though YMMV.
Can't deny it's a legitimately decent warm-up song. Goes through a nice range of notes, up and down the scale. Definitely more fun to sing than standard scales.
Yeah, could catch on.
That made it all the funnier to me.
You make an excellent point there.
Too bad she skipped to an octave jump at the end instead of the last run up.
I still get goose pickles from her voice and all the adventures to be encountered when exploring outer space begins!
I hope I remember this and say goose pickles instead of goose pimples/bumps from now on!
I don't know why, but this performance has me in tears. So beautiful.
The Vulcan salute at the end was such a nice touch!
My thoughts exactly.
It gave me goosebumps! I loved it!!
That is not a parody. That is the original series theme, sung correctly.
Well, I thought Star Trek itself never sounded so good!
No it definitely wasn’t the correct theme. Sung well enough but this arrangement deviates from the original. If you compare them you’ll hear the difference. What I want to hear is the lyrics that Roddenberry wrote for it so he could get some of the royalties!
@@Studio-62 I have read those lyrics. It is better, I think, that they be quietly forgotten. Gene Roddenberry had may excellent qualities, but 'lyricist' was not among them.
Orginal had ZERO VOCALS it was THEREMIN.....
--->on.
They were laughing when the music started but they sure weren't laughing when it ended! Brilliant performance!
Anyone else get REALLY misty-eyed the minute that familiar, clear ♫ ting ♫ hit? That slow, mysterious build up...
Yes.
Damn it Jim! I am a doctor, not a musician!
Haha!
Love it!. The original Star Trek music is known everywhere .
I'm dead Jim.
Which is better?
Damn it Jim! I'm a physician, not a musician.
Or...
Damn it Jim! I'm A doctor, not an opera singer.
@@thebammer5166 Second. More exact joke.
was watching this, my 3 yr old son says
"i want to see"
i show him.
as she hits the loud notes, he scrunches his face and goes..
"what?"
😂😂
Aww, that's adorable!
I got chills and they were multiplying.
LOVE the LIVE LONG AND PROSPER sign at the end!!!
She even gave the Vulcan sign at the end! Live long and prosper!
actually it's a jewish sign of blessing given to a congregation during jewish religious ceremonies ... as this is also where nimoy got it from too
KerPlah! 😆
@@0623kaboom Yup in an interview with Nimoy he said he saw when he peekd during a service when he was a kid and spent weeks practising to do it. when they asked for a hand sign when teh vulcans meet he went "Well hows this?"
She even did the Vulcan hand thing at the end.
Live long and prosper
If you watch the movie ”for the love of Spock” you’ll see that this handsign is something Leonard Nimoy picked up at a jewish religious ceremony as a young boy.
@@cgeyye9916 Thatr's how the priests (Cohanim) hold their hands during the priestly blessing. It goes back several millenia.
No lo ví
I though I was the only had notice about the fingers... lol
I got chills and am smiling ear to ear!
Perfect!
Still one of the best theme songs of television history.
I can't remember did nichell Nicole sing the tos theme???
@@josephcontreras8930 I am not certain, but I think so. Nichelle certainly sang in the show.
I was so exited the whole time smiling big, but she brought tears to my eyes when at the end she did the 🖖 sign, I'm a trekkie of course 👽
i'm a 58 year old man. my grandmother used to watch the original star trek series, and got me on a lifelong journey with them - as i'm sure many others are as well. it's a timeless franchise. she also had lava lamps, lol!
Tengo 56 años. Pero me enamoré de star trek desde los 6. En 1966
You had a cool Grandma😎
She shattered my drinking glass and now I have Saurian Brandy all over the place.
No you don't. You have synthehol. Picard gave the last bottle to Scotty after Quark resupplied the enterprise at DS9, just before Sisko took command.
Shattnerred*
I spat out my Romulan Ale!😂😂😂😂
“That stuff’ll kill you” -Bones McCoy
Where are my prune juice warriors?
Ahhh brought tears to this old trekie heart. Give her a kiss and as rose.
On the days/nights it hurts too much to even move, this clip takes me to a super happy place! Thank you sooooo much!!!
2:42 The "Live long and prosper" hand sign at the end was the the cherry on top. Well done! :)
I did not search for this, but I’m glad I watched it.
Why do I have Goosebumps all over my body??? What a lovely lady... and the music, wow! wow! wow!
Wow that's awesome how there's still beautiful people in the world.
I found myself applauding, this must have been a magical moment for any Trek fans in the audience.
Especially those who like gratuitous intrusions by bored piano players ;-p
No, you didn't.
@@Bryce3189 ????
Me too...
I broke out in tears the moment she opened her mouth to sing....
How fun! The one Trekie that stood out at about the 2nd beat knows his music.
So did I. I cheated because of a Spoiler on the Thumbnail.
Her voice was so powerful he reached over and pulled the mic down lol
Definitely an homage, superb!
"Is that classical music?"
"Yes, Doctor, it would seem to be."
It's amazing how just the first few notes brought out immediate positive feelings of hope and pride in humanity and the future. No more news for me today.
Absolutely outstanding brought tears to my eyes I love star trek
That was absolutely amazing!!! The best rendition of the original I've heard....not to mention she is stunning!!! 🖖
I love the “Live Long & Prosper” at the end.
notice she set it up a few bars early ... like the original series when spoke was doing his best to kill kirk ... the high priestess had to do that as well ...
"It's the Star Trek theme, Jim; but not as we know it"
LMAO!! GREAT reference! Now I have to go listening to that
Take it easy mccoy, i thought you would like it..
Another fan of Dr. Demento?
Klingons off the starboard bow, Jim!
@@bobp1016 Boot to the head!
@@bobp1016 Did you come in peace and shoot to kill??
At my wedding about eight years ago, for the recessional we had two pieces of music. Doctor Who theme for me and Star Trek theme for my wife. My sister played a piano arrangement while two of my nieces sang... Dang I wish I had a recording. It was escellent.
She crossed the final frontier. Bravo!
When you heard it a thousand times and never thought, about that there is singing someone.
@jeff lockaby HAHA! was about to recommend that one too! great stuff
I thought the used the theremin.
It was not sung originally...that part was played on a theremin.
@@TyrannosaurusSex Incorrect. Was sung by studio Soprano Loulie Jean Norman and later replaced by Soprano Elin Carlson in 2006.
What did you think it was, a theremin? This isn't Good Vibrations were talking about.
Rainer Hersch: " Ok so , let's play an easy piece for our warmup . I think Star Trek would be great. That will be so much fun hehe!
French Horn Player: " Shut the f*ck up.... "
;D
Is that what I heard off key?
I don't get it. Tutor?
Hearing Alexander Courage's theme performed by a full, live orchestra gave me chills. And that final note echoing throughout the concert hall had me in tears.
She even did the Vulcan “live long and prosper” hand signal at the end.
Instantly recognisable, if I was a Soprano I'd sing this as a warm up, as a previous comment said, it is good for pitching and stretching the range, opening up and using upper and lower registers.
I do use this as a warm up in my own range before shows, it usually gets the rest of the cast joining in , great stuff☺
The conductor, the soprano and the orchestra themselves....yeah, they can all LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!! 😍🖖
This put a smile on my face.
Star Trek fan here. Great performance of this classic Star Trek show theme song.
And let's remember Alexander Courage, who wrote the piece.
I think Mr. Courage would approve and smile a bit.
"She can't hold together much longer Captain". A flood of memories rush to me and I'm young again.😷
wow! what a voice! and I applaud the singer also, such range! sent me into space! thank you.
I keep this in my saved files so I can listen to it over and over again...love it!
even more impressive upon seeing the Vulcan sign " Live long and prosper!"
I was squealing like a kid and grinning like a maniac... eeeeeeeeeeeeee
What a stunning performance, I truly love her voice!!😘🎼❣❤
This OG Trekker got chills down my spine...
Some where Gene Roddenberry is smiling.
Of all the comments, this one made me smile the biggest :-) Thanks for that :-)
@@Quillons1 Yannow, back in the '60s, some tv shows had what would now bw called two parters or extended episode that were released theatrically and alot of the adventure shows, like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had actual theme songs(thanks Frankie), even the Andersens in British Supermarionation had vocals, think "AquaMarina" and "Fireball X-15", so when Star Trek TMP was coming, I thought, well,maybe Nichelle Nichols could sing the theme SONG as she sang on the show("Beyond Antares"). Y not?
She blew out the dilithium crystals, Captain!
This is a boob reference right?
@@mortenbork6249 its those ample nacelles
Captain James T Kirk was my first crush as a teenager. This took me spinning back 50 years to the excitement of those wonderful adventures. Thank you so much!
Beautiful and a Trekkie, I'm in love
I love hearing the audience’s reaction as it dawns on them what’s happening
Marvelous. That warmed every Trekkies heart
In true trekkie fashion I started breathing hard when I heard the first 2 notes of the tos score. Loved it. Thank you.
OUTSTANDING!!!! Classical is so much fun! Thanks for sharing!!!
Yes, yes, Star Trek, great voice, etc, but can we just talk about how adorable she is?
You misspelled beautiful
She could only be hotter by being green...
Pretty damn adorable.
She does seem adorably sweet.
"but can we just talk about how adorable she is?" ................. Just like a Tribble in fact
As a Trekkie, I totally approve.
That was divinely perfect!! I hope she goes forth with her career & prospers!! 🖖🏼
Dear diary. Today I found out that the vulcan salute is available as an emoji.
May she live long and prosper.
Beautiful voice, Beautiful woman making Beautiful music and keeping Star Trek alive and well. Thanks you Laura.
I named that tune in 3 and got goose bumps. WOW what a voice. Thank you.
We'll pass that on.
Thanks. We'll pass that on.
I’ll be back again and again to listen to this. ‘Trek’ is a huge part of my life.