Music 1: Introduction to Music: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

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

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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*.