Young Persons' Guide
"\V HAT did you make of that? A glorious sound? A filthy row? Do any of you know’ what music it was and what sort of body played it? It was the opening of the Young Persons’ Guide to the Orchestra, theme by the old English composer Purcell, dished up by the new English composer Benjamin Britten." With these words James Robertson begins his own tour of the fascinating country that makes up the orchestral landscape. With him are players from the National Orchestra to demonstrate their instruments and to combine at the end of each session in a comic duet. These programmes, eleven in all, were first played in the Broadcasts to Schools programmes, but their entertainment value is such that now they will be heard from all YCs, starting Monday, August 27, at 7.0 p.m. Starting with the violin and viola, the listener moves through the orchestra until the percussion’s demonstration piece, "The Limited," the harp and a full presentation of Britten’s own music, bring this excellent series to an end.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 9
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176Young Persons' Guide New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 890, 24 August 1956, Page 9
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