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Full recording of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra - Witty and vibrant illustrations by Sara Fanelli - Specially devised games and quizzes to enhance an. Games: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Posted on February 23, 2014 by Lady Fair Stumbled across this website presented by the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall that has a game based on Benjamin Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”.
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 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 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England.
The work is one of the best-known pieces by the composer, and is often associated with two other works in the context of children's music education: Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.[citation needed]
This work, in the composer's own words, 'is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud: Humphrey, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment'.[2]
Instrumentation[edit]
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is scored for symphony orchestra:
- Woodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat and A and 2 bassoons
- Brass: 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 tenors and 1 bass) and bass tuba
- Percussion: timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, snare drum, temple blocks, xylophone, castanets, tamtam, and whip
- Strings: harp, first and second violins, violas, cellos and double basses
Structure[edit]
The work is based on the Rondeau from Henry Purcell's incidental music to Aphra Behn's Abdelazer,[3] and is structured, in accordance with the plan of the original documentary film, as a way of showing off the tone colours and capacities of the various sections of the orchestra.
In the introduction, the theme is initially played by the entire orchestra, then by each major family of instruments of the orchestra: first the woodwinds, then the brass, then the strings, and finally by the percussion. Each variation then features a particular instrument in depth, generally moving through each family from high to low (the order of the families is slightly different from the introduction). So, for example, the first variation features the piccolo and flutes; each member of the woodwind family then gets a variation, ending with the bassoon; and so on, through the strings, brass, and finally the percussion.
After the whole orchestra has been effectively taken to pieces 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.[4]
The sections of the piece and instruments introduced by the variations are as follows.
- Theme
- Allegro maestoso e largamente
- Tutti, woodwinds, brass, strings, then percussion
- Variation A
- Presto
- Flutes and Piccolo
- Variation B
- Lento
- Oboes
- Variation C
- Moderato
- Clarinets
- Variation D
- Allegro alla marcia
- Bassoons
- Variation E
- Brillante: alla polacca
- Violins
- Variation F
- Meno mosso
- Violas
- Variation G
- Lusingando
- Cellos
- Variation H
- Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro
- Double basses
- Variation I
- Maestoso
- Harp
- Variation J
- L'istesso tempo
- French horns
- Variation K
- Vivace
- Trumpets
- Variation L
- Allegro pomposo
- Trombones and tuba
- Variation M
- Moderato
- Percussion (Timpani; Bass drum & Cymbals; Tambourine & Triangle; Snare drum & Wood block; Xylophone; Castanets & Tam-tam; Whip; percussion tutti)
- Fugue
- Allegro molto
Narration[edit]
The narration for the documentary film was written by Eric Crozier, the producer of the first production of Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and is sometimes spoken by the conductor or a separate speaker during performance of the piece. The composer also arranged a version without narration. The one without narration is more often recorded. The commentary often alters between recordings.
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A new narration was written by Simon Butteriss for the Aldeburgh Festival and broadcast live by CBBC presenter Johny Pitts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for the Britten 100 celebrations in 2013.
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.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^'Instruments of the Orchestra', British Film Institute, accessed 24 May 2013
- ^'Essential Britten: A Pocket Guide for the Britten Centenary', John Bridcut, accessed 14 January 2014
- ^'Programme Notes'. London Chamber Orchestra. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^'Programme Notes'. London Chamber Orchestra. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^'John Hodgman in the Young Person's Guide: Boston Pops: WCRB: WGBH'.
- ^Boston Pops (14 May 2015). 'Excerpts from John Hodgman's Debut Narration with Boston Pops' – via YouTube.
- ^'Excerpts from John Hodgman's debut narration with Boston Pops'.
Guide To The Orchestra Game
- Boosey & Hawkes No. 606. Benjamin Britten – The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Opus 34.
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External links[edit]
Young Person Guide Orchestra Game Of Operation
Here is a fun and creative way to introduce young people to the joys of the orchestra and the thrill of music-making. This app is aimed at 7–11 year olds but will be enjoyed by much younger children and grandparents alike! It is also a great resource for the classroom. At the heart of the app is a new, complete recording of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder. The games and quizzes are an engaging way of becoming familiar with the music while learning about the instruments, musical terms and composition.
Features
- Full recording of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
- Witty and vibrant illustrations by Sara Fanelli
- Specially devised games and quizzes to enhance an understanding of the music
- Beautifully produced scrolling short score based on Britten’s original manuscript
- A new narration accompanying the music
- Entertaining videos of the performance and instrumentalists
- Simply and directly written sections on the instruments of the orchestra and Benjamin Britten’s life
- Recordings of some of Britten’s early works
- Archive photographs
The App includes:
The Active Score – even if you don’t read music, you can enjoy the patterns the notes make and see which instruments are playing as you listen to the orchestra. Or watch the video of the performance. Be your own narrator and read the commentary as the music plays!
The Aural Quiz – how well do you know the instruments of the orchestra?
The Personality Quiz – a light-hearted way of thinking about your personality and those of the different instruments. You may get an idea of which instrument you would like to play!
The Variation Game – you can compose your own variations and get an idea of some of the choices a composer makes.
The Fugue Game – introduces you to a musical form called a fugue and shows you how it works. You can create your own version of Britten’s fugue by rearranging it in lots of different ways.
The Orchestra Pages – provide a detailed look at the instruments of the orchestra. Listen and read about them. Meet the players from the Royal Northern College of Music and Sir Mark Elder.
The BB Pages – find out about Benjamin Britten’s life, his childhood and how he came to write The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Enjoy the family snapshots and recordings of some of his earliest works.
This app was created to celebrate the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth by the Britten Pears Foundation in collaboration with the Royal Northern College of Music.
Some users have reported that the app sometimes crashes. The problem is almost certainly memory leak from other open apps on your iPad. Try turning your iPad off and then turning it back on. Relaunch the app, which should now work properly.