The Very Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: With 10 Musical Sounds!

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BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis An orchestra in fine fettle expertly guiding us through this mini-masterpiece.

Britten’s forceful approach may surprise some, but this recording will certainly engage both the orchestral novice and the initiated. Slightly more softly focused than our previous contenders is the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davis. The music is still supremely well played and the final fugue, which begins with the instruments joining in one by one, reaches a suitably grand climax. Ideal for young fans of classical music aged 4-7 years and those beginning to learn an instrument, The Very Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is guaranteed to amaze and inspire. The story text leads you through magical scenes inspired by the orchestra and music with easy-to-read rhymes pulled out for younger readers and fascinating fact boxes to reinforce learning. The easy press buttons play 10 seconds of music each.After the whole orchestra has been taken apart in this way, it is reassembled using an original fugue which starts with the piccolo, followed by all the woodwinds, strings, brass and percussion in turn. Once everyone has entered, the brass are re-introduced (with a strike on the tamtam) with Purcell's original melody. [3] External audio

Programme Notes". London Chamber Orchestra. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 . Retrieved 3 August 2013. Here, you can listen to a report on the premiere of the piece, a full-length performance, an interview with the composer and find out more about the performers. All files are in MP3 format. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. It was based on the second movement, "Rondeau", of the Abdelazer suite. It was originally commissioned for the British educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra released on 29 November 1946, directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent; [1] Sargent also conducted the concert première on 15 October 1946 with the Liverpool Philharmonic in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England.

19. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

As part of Classic FM’s 30th birthday celebrations, we have published a new interactive book, The Very Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – the perfect introduction to orchestral music for the maestro-in-making in your life. Discover the main instruments of the orchestra accompanied by 10 sound clips of child-friendly famous pieces, including Lark Ascending, Flight of the Bumblebee, Carnival of the Animals, Rhapsody in Blue, and more.