#6: Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

A listener's guide to Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', also known as 'Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell'. This podcast goes through how Britten ingeniously introduces to us the different elements of the orchestra, through a compelling piece of music, ending with an explosive, brilliant, and mindblowingly complex fugue. Recommended recordings at the end.   Visit my Patreon page to support this channel: Patreon.com/InsideTheScore

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Listening Guides to some of the greatest masterpieces in Classical Music. A discussion of great works of music, with plenty of musical examples played for each work, and recommended recordings too. We'll talk through Contextual History for each piece too. Episodes Weekly