For those of you who are beginners to classical music and want to learn more about the symphony orchestra, this set of videos is a great place to start. These four videos are about the symphony orchestra playing the piece The Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra by Benjamin Britten. The first video showed the orchestra playing the Theme by Henry Purcell. First the whole orchestra played it together, then each of the four families played it individually and then the whole orchestra played the theme together a final time. Then we heard the first 4 of the variations of the theme, which are played by the woodwind instruments. First the flutes and piccolo, then the oboes, followed by the clarinets, and finally the bassoons. In Video #2, we heard the next 5 variations, which are played by the string instruments. We start with the first and second violins, then the violas, next the cellos, followed by the double basses, and finally the harp. In Video #3, we heard the next 3 variations, which are played by the brass instruments. First the french horns, then the trumpets, and finally the trombones and tuba. In Video #4 here, we hear the final variation of the piece, which is played by all of the percussion instruments. First the timpani, then the bass drum and cymbals, next the tambourine and triangle, followed by the snare drum and chinese block, the xylophone after that, afterwards the castanets and gong, and finally the whip. Once the percussion is finished with the final variation, the whole orchestra which is now broken down into pieces is brought all back together again with the fugue, and we hear the theme one last time played by the brass while the rest of the orchestra continues on playing the fugue. In the fugue the instruments are brought in one after another in the same order as before beginning with the piccolo and ending with the percussion.
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