This page is about where you can see Rainer.
Some of Rainer's performances are in comedy clubs where he will be doing a 20 minute solo set. While these are all prestigious venues and great fun they are are not always for the faint hearted. To see or hear Rainer do a more classical music-oriented performance, sometimes in the company of a full orchestra, check out the dates below which are in blue italics.
| February 2010 |
7th |
New Victoria Theatre
Woking
Surrey |
"Woking Sings"
Rainer conducts orchestra, giant choir and audience in
a programme of popular choral music.
Information and
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8th - 15th |
Cayman Arts Festival
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
All Classical Music Explained
Three performances, including one for children on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac
Information and
Tickets |
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18th-21st |
Quatsch Comedy Club
Berlin
GERMANY
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Auf Deutsch
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25th-27th |
Quatsch Comedy Club
Hamburg
GERMANY |
Auf Deutsch
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| March |
2nd |
Comedy Camp |
Stand-up set |
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6th |
Bearcat Comedy Club, Twickenham |
Stand-up set |
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12th |
Soho Theatre, London |
Guest of the "Abnormally Funny People"
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20th |
Jongleurs Clacton |
Stand-up set |
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| April |
2nd
Good Friday |
BBC Radio 4 at 12.05pm |
'Counterpoint'
Rainer competes in a special celebrity edition of the popular Radio 4 quiz show. Musical cues played live in the studio by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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3rd |
BBC Radio 4 at 8.00pm |
'Counterpoint'
Repeat. See above |
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6th |
BBC Radio 4 at 1.30pm |
'The Smash Hit of 1453'
Rainer writes and presents a funny-historical programme about 'L’Homme Armé' - a pop song of the 15th Century which has somehow managed to survive, being used and reused by musicians of all styles, to the present day. Includes interviews with Karl Jenkins and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. |
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10th |
BBC Radio 4 at 3.30pm |
'The Smash Hit of 1453'
Repeat. See above |
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| May |
1st |
Oxford May Music |
All Classical Music Explained
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Tickets |
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15th |
Jongleurs Hammersmith |
Stand-up set |
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25th |
Radio Theatre
BBC
Broadcasting House
Portland Place, London
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Recording of "Quote Unquote"
Hosted by Nigel Rees
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Tickets |
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27th |
Grosvenor House Hotel
London
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Corporate Function with Orchestra |
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| June |
4th |
Jongleurs Bournemouth |
Stand-up set |
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21st |
BBC Radio 4 at 1.30pm |
'Quote Unquote'
Rainer participates in the popular panel game. Hosted by Nigel Rees. |
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24th |
Bristol Town Hall |
Solo Corporate Function |
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| July |
2nd |
Ha Bloody Ha |
Stand-up set |
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6th |
BBC Radio 4 at 1.30pm |
'The Smash Hit of 1453'
Rainer writes and presents a funny-historical programme about 'L’Homme Armé' - a pop song of the 15th Century which has somehow managed to survive, being used and reused by musicians of all styles, to the present day. Includes interviews with Karl Jenkins and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. |
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11th |
6.30pm
St John's Church Waterloo Road
London |
Rainer conducts the Philharmonia Britannia Orchestra
Information and
Tickets |
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11th |
10.30pm
Henley Festival |
The Rainer Hersch Philharmonic
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Tickets |
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12th |
BBC Radio 4 at 1.30pm |
'Quote Unquote'
Rainer participates in the popular panel game. Hosted by Nigel Rees. |
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23rd |
Iver,
Bucks |
Rainer Hersch Show
Information and Tickets phone: 01753 654274 |
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| August |
5th-29th |
6.00pm
New Town Theatre
Majestic
96 George Street, Edinburgh
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Rainer Hersch Show
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| September |
24th & 25th |
Ha Bloody Ha
Ealing
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Stand-up set |
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28th |
Cardiff |
Corporate module: "Peak Performance" - what business can learn from the symphony orchestra |
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| October |
3rd |
The Square, Harlow
Essex
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Stand-up set |
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7th |
High Barn, Great Bardfield
Essex
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Stand-up set |
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8th |
Soho Theatre, London |
Guest of the "Abnormally Funny People"
Information and
Tickets |
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15th |
Custard Comedy Club
Comberton Leisure
Cambridgeshire
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Stand-up set
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Tickets |
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19th-1st Nov |
Comedy Store
Mumbai
INDIA
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Stand-up set
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| November |
4th & 5th |
Ha Bloody Ha
Ealing |
Stand-up set |
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19th-21st |
Hemmens Theatre
Elgin
Chicago
USA
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Rainer conducts the Elgin Symphony Orchestra
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| December |
2nd-4th |
Mixshow 'Schmähstadl'
Vienna
AUSTRIA
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Auf Deutsch
Information and
Tickets |
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11th |
Kassel
GERMANY
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Auf Deutsch
Corporate Function with orchestra |