The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Benjamin Britten

0:00 Theme a. Full orchestra
0:41   b. Woodwind section
1:11   c. Brass section
1:42   d. Percussion section
2:07   e. Percussion section
2:26   f. Full orchestra
3:00 Variation 1: Flutes
3:30 Variation 2: Oboes
4:33 Variation 3: Clarinets
5:16 Variation 4: Bassoons
6:13 Variation 5: Violins
6:58 Variation 6: Violas
7:38 Variation 7: Cellos
8:34 Variation 8: Double-basses
9:32 Variation 9: Harp
10:23 Variation 10: French horns
11:03 Variation 11: Trumpets
11:38 Variation 12: Trombones and tuba
12:39 Variation 13: a: Timpani; bass drum and cymbals
13:06   b. Tambourine and triangle; snare drum (side drum) and Chinese block (a hollow wooden block that is struck with a drumstick)
13:28   c. Xylophone
13:40   d. Castanets and gong
13:49   e. Whip (two hinged pieces of wood that are slapped against each other)
13:54   f. Entire percussion section; xylophone and triangle
14:32 Concluding section a. Unaccompanied piccolo, lively new tune, tune played in turn by flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, crescendo.
15:42   b. Lively tune played in turn by 1st violins, p; 2nd violins, violas, cellos, double-basses, woodwinds accompany, crescendo; quick decrescendo introduces
16:11   c. Harp, lively tune, crescendo in strings and woodwinds.
16:22   Lively tune played in turn by French horns, ff, trumpets, trombones and tuba, orchestra accompanies.
16:41   Percussion, f, accompanied by orchestra, p, crescendo to
16:50   Main theme in brasses, ff, together with lively tune in high woodwinds and strings. Full orchestra, percussion , sustained closing chord, fff.

   
 
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