The entire population of Laos can’t be wrong

The entire population of Laos can’t be wrong

Did you know that over 7 days’ worth or video are uploaded to YouTube every minute?  The most watched clip of all time is one called Baby Shark Dance, which has been viewed 12 billion times.  It lasts 2 minutes 17 seconds and features two children singing the...
We’ve Got A Gig!

We’ve Got A Gig!

So, New Year’s Eve is definitely happening! “Yes”, we hear you say “of course New Year’s Eve is happening – it might be virus-coated but the world hasn’t actually stopped spinning has it?” No, what we mean is that Rainer Hersch’s New Year’s Eve Bash is definitely...
Trump: The Opera

Trump: The Opera

You really mean ‘Trump: The Opera!?” Some kind of joke, surely? Well, yes and no.  Composers of opera have often chosen real people as the focus for the drama – Julius Caesar (Handel), Nixon in China (John Adams), even the celebrated La Traviata by...
Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

As he gets ready for another delightful dollop of his Christmas No.1 Singalong in Holborn, Rainer Hersch reminisces about another festival ritual.  It’s bonkers, of course – well, it’s Rainer, what do you expect? – but as traditional as brandy...
A recorder virtuoso?

A recorder virtuoso?

A recorder virtuoso!  You have got to be kidding. Forget London’s Burning, when Piers Adams gets his chops round a descant recorder, sparks really start to fly because he is one of the world’s greatest recorder players. What…! You mean there’s more...
Sun, Snow and Tents

Sun, Snow and Tents

What’s Rainer Hersch up to taking his Orkestra half way up a mountain to do a show in a tent…? Fancy a trip to Switzerland before Christmas? That where Rainer Hersch is heading together with his zany Orchestra on 6 December for the opening of the 27th...

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