Wonder of wonders! Yes, I sing Bach seriously... and still.. I roared with laughter! Only the great Ustinov could pull something like this off... and still.... the Universal Bach remains... Thank you to both of them....!!!

I got pains in my tummy for a week, I laughed so much. Then I'd remember the "San Antonio" bit during the day and would have to keep hiding not to appear crying with laughter in public. Incredible how Ustinov knows Bach so well. Perfect pastiche! What a thing to pull off! Absolutely brilliant. And of course, Ustinov speaks perfect german in real life, but he sings the Bach parody as how people perceive german. Utter genious.

OMG This is Genius! I sang Bach myself and this is so spot on, including the string scratching. 😂

This had me in stitches of laughter! I perform as an amateur keyboard player, including the occasional Bach choral standards. Performing it is exactly like this, write down to his cello "fake triple stopping" and the harpsichord flourish.

Wahnsinn. Hab ich noch nie vorher gehört. Hab mich schiefgelacht. Ustinov einer der genialsten Köpfe, die ich kenn. Hatt ich schon immer bewundert.

@marctwain8273

2 жыл бұрын

ich kannte seine burleske Seite auch nicht, schätzte ihn ehr als Literat und Schauspieler...

Just brilliant. Peter Ustinov and Dudley Moore are very funny together improvising on the Parkinson show. Worth a watch.😂

Zum wiederholten Male geschaut und 😂😂 jedesmal begeistert Tränen gelacht. Einer der großartigsten Menschen ❤❤des 20ten Jahrhunderts. Genial, warmherzig, humorvoll und doch voller tiefen Ernsthaftigkeit ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger. Ein ganz besonderer Mensch.

Only Ustinov could do this. Fantastic!

Ja so war er Sir Peter Ustinov immer für einen Spaß zu haben😂❤

Génie Peter Ustinov ... Il savait tout faire

Absolutely mad and funny. What a gem! Thank you.

stunning! A masterpiece and great musician,he beats them all

So how many legitimate actors that you know that can do a standup comedy routine with such finesse? Not many, But Sir Peter is a genius and is so funny. Could not stop laughing.

genial !!quelle connaissance de Bach ,utilisation hilarante de l'Allemand ,et quel musicien!!!!

@brimborium8065

5 жыл бұрын

J'ajouterais qu'il a aussi une excellente connaissance des hautboïstes!

Genial Peter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful Peter Ustinov!!! Thanks for this video!

...immer wieder wundervoll. So wird's einem Kultur - Banausen wie mir immer nahe gebracht. Großvater von AL JARREAU.

Wunderbar!

Bloody genius.

Looked up Ustinov's "Mock Mozart" (a longtime favorite of mine) on KZread and this came up as a suggestion. It is even funnier, I think! It was wonderful to see Sir Peter's facial expressions and body language. It takes someone with a real love of music to make such a brillaint parody.

can you imagine one of todays so called standup comedians impersonating a Bach cantata?

@khurmiful

4 жыл бұрын

chrish12345 He was a one off.

@bibliopolist

Жыл бұрын

...and a so called audience of today getting the joke?

@telemachus53

10 ай бұрын

A what? A Bach cantata? What's Bach? What's a cantata?

@jvdesuit1

Ай бұрын

@@telemachus53 Even in my days (I'm 82) I remember a lady asking for "Death and Sweating" from Richard Strauss in a shop in Paris. For the french speaking persons it was "Mort et Transpiration"!!!! Another ask fot the "Tales of Ofen and Bach"!!!!

Genio y Figura por siempre. Único y sinigual

OMG this is fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing!

Weltklasse😂😂😂

I have absolutely no idea what Sir Peter is singing about... BUT it is wonderful, his comic timing, musicality and sheer joy is brilliant... I am still chuckling away and shall watch again..... :0)x

@afrofinka

8 жыл бұрын

+Sally Ann Loveday a cantata in the style of Bach, "O lieber Gott, sei doch nicht bös". That means "O dear Lord, don't be angry"

@wenglishsal

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ken, for the translation.. Peter is amazing isn't he, I could watch him all evening and not get bored.. Best wishes from Wales ... ;0)x

Bach will never be the same again!

@carolcox302

2 жыл бұрын

😂

this is great^^^^tak tak tak. thanx Peter

Fantastico !!!!!

Genial!

Genius!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Semplicemente geniale

I wish there'd been a collaboration among Dudley Moore, Victor Borge, Peter Ustinov, and PDQ Bach!

@hughvane

7 жыл бұрын

My thoughts (almost) exactly. Peter Schickele would have been drooling at this performance.

@Alan-io2ew

3 жыл бұрын

I find Moore and Ustinov very funny but don't find Borge funny at all,don't know why that would be.

@tarnopol

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alan-io2ew All a matter of taste!

@operahip

2 жыл бұрын

@@tarnopol There was a collaboration between Dudley Moore and Peter Ustinov....firstly back in 1966 on a programme called Ustinov ad Lib.....I've never seen it, but this is what it says about the programme on IMDB 'Peter Ustinov and Dudley Moore met for the first time making this program. Their sketch, in which they play two con-men attempting to write an opera based on "Lady Chatterley's Lover", was reportedly entirely improvised. Apparently they also did something similar on a UK chat show called Parkinson, and a friend told me that this was included in a broadcast in honour of Parkinson's 50 years at the BBC this evening. Can't wait to see it!

@tarnopol

2 жыл бұрын

@@operahip Holy crap, I need to see that! Thanks for the tip!

the early beginning of beatbox!

Incredible! what a musician! And what a performer. How old is he here?

🤣🤣🤣 love Peter Ustinov!!!

Holy shit he's good.

yep

Great Bach parody!

Sorry, what is the number of this cantata?

In the beginning he sounds like a singing saw! :-D

a russian talking french with a german language

@peternemeth1777

3 жыл бұрын

You can't put Peter Ustinov in a drawer. You can't say he was russian. His ancestors were russian, french, german, swiss, italian and ethiopian. He was all that. That's why he never identified himself with one nation and considered himself to be a cosmopolitan.

is that Charles Aznavour at 1:44 ?

@AntoineGarnier

3 жыл бұрын

yes . with Philippe Bouvard

@jurgenraabe491

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, of course. The great chansonier of France.

Bach actually was a great composer. Ustinov just makes fun of the German arrogance to abuse Bach all the time.

Peter porte bien son prénom...

cos na wesoło? ;)

@kofika2208Kofika

10 жыл бұрын

Wielka Struna Głosowa! Mocne Jelito Grube i Niecienkie Cienkie! Ślepa Kiszka w Progresach!!! Grzmiąca Trąba Eustachiusza z Jerycha!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAA Genialny i niezapomniany... Król, Asiu. I brak mi słów dla Ciebie. Po prostu k.c.

@joannaczyz4706

10 жыл бұрын

Zapomniałam Ci napisać że uwielbiam Twój komentarz ....ale mam zapłon..typowe ;)

@kofika2208Kofika

10 жыл бұрын

HEhnęłam zaraz na samo wspomnienie "koncerta", hehhee.

Wonderful. I feel justified in finding Bach boring, overly serious and stereotypical, an opinion that often clashes with the uncritical categorization of genius.

@Offshoreorganbuilder

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think too many would agree with you, on this.