Benjamin Britten introduces to you the Orchestra

Benjamin Britten

Let's start a thrilling voyage through the orchestra!! Britten music is going to lead you through the whole orchestra, showing you first of all the diferent sections, and afterwards all the most common instruments which play in an orchestra. Moreover, the Philarmonia Orchestra musicians are going to show you down to the last detail the main characteristics of their instruments.

You just have to press always the next button in order to watch the whole piece and learn all the instruments. When finishing, you can move across the webpage by using the next and previous buttons or just with the menus in order to revise your weaknesses. At the end of voyage will be a small test! I want to know if you have improve your knowledge about the orchestral instruments.

Hope you enjoy this voyage with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mark Laycock with the narration of Malcolm Gets!