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

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Comedian and author John Hodgman wrote a new narration of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra in 2015 for a series of performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra. [4] [5] [6] Jazz orchestra versions [ edit ] Duncan Lamont wrote an equivalent suite of variations (using the same Purcell theme) for jazz orchestra and narrator, The Young Person’s Guide to the Jazz Orchestra. [7] Mike Westbrook's After Smith's Hotel, subtitled The Young Person’s Guide To The Jazz Orchestra, was commissioned by the Snape Maltings Foundation and performed there in October 1983. [8] See also [ edit ] 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.

Programme Notes". London Chamber Orchestra. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 . Retrieved 3 August 2013.Boston Pops (14 May 2015). "Excerpts from John Hodgman's Debut Narration with Boston Pops". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube. 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, Children’s Intermezzo Suite, and more. 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

Britten’s forceful approach may surprise some, but this recording will certainly engage both the orchestral novice and the initiated. Cottee's piece is played by members of the National Youth Orchestra Band and uses a narrator, who provides commentary on the instruments. The piece uses nursery rhymes, which come together in the finale, to introduce the four sections of the orchestra and its instruments to children under 12.

This new composition, by Andrew Cottee, was performed for the first time on November 15 to schoolchildren in London. Thework,subtitled Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Henry Purcell, is based on a simple hornpipe from Abdelazer, a play for which Purcell composed incidental music in 1695. Britain uses this theme to show off the colours, ranges and charateristics of all the instruments of a modern symphony orchestra. Introduce the maestro-in-making in your life to orchestral music. Follow Ava and Jayden on a magical journey as they discover the instruments of the orchestra and explore beautiful scenes inspired by the music. Young readers can discover instruments from the violin to the trumpet, and learn about the composers and their dazzling pieces. The spreads tell the story of the classical tune, while the sound button brings it to life. The full-length version of the composition performed by the National Youth Orchestra and conducted by Kevin Hathway. (11min 40sec)