HMS Pinafore - When I Was A Lad

"Now Give Three Cheers" and "When I Was A Lad" from Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore performed by Walter Hook and cast. From the First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, Florida performance in January 2006.

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[RossiniSoprano]

Not only that, but someone needs to shoot the clarinet player! And all those added little bits that Sullivan did not write were neither necessary nor an improvement.

[iagmule]

thanks for the post

[9P9T6]

The lead singer and chorus do a great job on "When I was a lad"; I think for members of the audience hearing it for the first time it would be a great introduction to G&S. However, the poor sound quality makes the orchestral accompaniment quite distracting. I am no singer or musician, but from what I can tell looking at other performances on Youtube, the best versions are those which try to get the vocals and music as close to the original as possible.

[frauirmabunt]

Peculiar uniforms, Russian navy, maybe? Certainly nothing like British nayy from any period

[letoofdune]

When I find that bassoonist, and I will, I will slap them for every whiny, pinched note they played.

[karlamadeusmozart]

@RossiniSoprano Amen. God its horrid isn't it.

[huntergirl121]

wow im doing this as a school play and sir josheph is soo good!!

[stellaXXkdrac]

I have to do this play in Choir.

[MrWiitarded]

Great song, but the sound quality is not great, to say the least

[Tillyvalle]

Wonderful!