Past recitals 2002
David Scheel
'Piano, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet'
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Extraordinary how potent cheap music is ~Noel Coward~
Background
Born in Australia David enjoyed dual but separate careers as a recital pianist and actor, on stage, in films and on television.
In David's recitals classical music is turned on its head. At any time you may hear a popular folk song played in the styles of Mozart, Rachmaninoff, a Sony Walkman(!) and a Blues, or he may play a piece by Bach in the right hand and one by Andrew Lloyd Webber in the left, at the same time.
Among all this, sideswipes at the icons of modern living; Junk food, Supermarkets, and Politics, plus an hilarious translation of the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda, all delivered in a huge variety of comic voices and accents.