The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain celebrates 40 years of rearranging music that no one expected to hear on four strings. Seven ukuleles—and no drums, pianos, guitars, or backing tracks—take on repertoire drawn from Motörhead, the Muppets, Paul Simon, Tchaikovsky, Nirvana, Shirley Bassey, the Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, and beyond.

The ensemble treats its wildly varied source material with clever musicianship, self-deprecating British humor, and the gleeful unpredictability of a cover band dropped into a Monty Python sketch. The result is an exuberant concert built equally on invention and sass.