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Listen to the Orchestra
There's nothing like an orchestra! How many of these works do you know?
Spot the orchestra
Is that an orchestra? Orchestras are everywhere - in TV adverts, concert halls, supermarkets, stereos, pop songs, drum and bass, film and game soundtracks. As long as mood is needed orchestras will live on and on!
- From the soundtrack to Harry Potter
- 'Something Stupid'
Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman
- 'Enjoy Yourself'
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Learning events diary
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Radio & TV
Most recent
- Available to listenDeborah Bull explores ballet music in late Victorian London, at the music hall theatres.
- Available to listenSara Mohr-Pietsch explores Britten's choral works.
- Available to listenAndrew McGregor explores Mahler's Das klagende Lied.
- Available to listenSarah Walker explores Rachmaninov's choral works.
Coming up
A guide to the orchestra
Explore the instruments of the orchestra
Choral Timeline
Trace the history of choral music through the ages.
