Hinchliffe named the new musical group with a deliberate oxymoron, 'The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain', "and suddenly we were the world's first ukulele orchestra." The ukulele was selected for its musical versatility rather than its novelty value. Williams recalled that his first ukulele cost "£17 with wholesale discount". After first playing together, they purchased a few ukuleles for some of their friends, including David Suich and Richie Williams. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) was formed in London in 1985 when the multi-instrumentalist and musicologist George Hinchliffe gave his friend the post-punk singer Kitty Lux a ukulele for her birthday, after she had expressed an interest in learning more about harmony. 2.1 Online performances during COVID-19.The UOGB has also often been credited for being largely responsible for the current world-wide resurgence in popularity of the ukulele and ukulele groups. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has been called "not only a national institution, but also a world-wide phenomenon". The UOGB has consistently received critical praise from the media for its concerts. Over the years the UOGB has released over 30 albums, but have spent most of their time touring around the world. Lux died in 2017, two years after retiring from the orchestra due to chronic ill health. Along with Lux and Hinchliffe, David Suich and Ritchie Williams are original members Hester Goodman, Will Grove-White, Jonty Bankes, Peter Brooke Turner joined in the early 1990s, Leisa Rea joined in 2003, Ben Rouse in 2014 and Laura Currie in 2021. The UOGB has purposely remained an independent music group, unsigned to any record label. Songs are introduced with light hearted deadpan humour, and juxtaposition is a feature of their act, the members of the orchestra wear semi-formal (black tie) evening dress and sit behind music stands, in a parody of a classical ensemble. The songs are often performed with a reinterpretation, sometimes with a complete genre twist, or well known songs from multiple genres are seamlessly woven together. The UOGB is best known for performing musically faithful but often tongue-in-cheek covers of popular songs and musical pieces from a wide variety of music genres taken "from the rich pageant of western music".
The orchestra features ukuleles of various sizes and registers from soprano to bass. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ( UOGB) is a British musical ensemble founded in 1985 by George Hinchliffe and Kitty Lux as bit of fun.
Posted on Aug.Problems playing this file? See media help. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Pinball Wizard It's not just the audacity of turning this into a sea shanty, it's the way they do it and make it seem like the most obvious thing in the world. They really should leave the comedy alone and have the confidence to let the music speak for itself. One decidedly naff interjection aside, this is just a fantastic performance. The harmonies are just brilliant, and those rolled Rs and Ls come across as the authentic sound of the North Sea. For Pinball Wizard, the UOGB put down their instruments and sang the whole thing a capella. What you get instead is the piece that followed it. Whatever the experience may have been like in person, it didn't translate well to radio. Reports said that there were 1,000 uke players there, all joining in.
They were trying to assemble the largest ever massed ukulele ensemble to play Ode to Joy. Last night at the BBC Proms, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain had planned something special.
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