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Get the backing track for You Got The Love

If you've ever fancied playing or singing with a full symphony orchestra, this is your chance! This backing track has been recorded by more than 100 musicians from the BBC orchestras and choirs, plus members of the Ulster Orchestra.

The backing track is available in both video and audio.

If you're planning to play along to the backing track on a phone or tablet, we recommend using the audio version on BBC Sounds.

This will ensure that playback does not stop if your device's screen turns off.

Stream or download the backing track audio by opening the BBC Sounds app and searching for "Lockdown Orchestra". This audio will be available until the beginning of June 2020, but the video version will stay online after that.

Get the backing track on BBC Sounds

Watch the BBC Lockdown Orchestra perform the backing track for You Got The Love

Over 100 musicians from around the UK recorded this epic arrangement.

The BBC Lockdown Orchestra

This backing track was recorded by 101 musicians from the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and BBC Singers.

Each musician recorded their own part in isolation, with some players filming themselves too. All the parts were mixed together to make the backing track by Steve Pycroft, who also arranged the track and played drums.

First violins

Midori Tramaseur (BBC Philharmonic)
Lucy Baker (BBC Philharmonic)
Austeja Juskaityte (BBC Philharmonic)
Laura Samuel (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
David Routledge (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Tamás Kocsis (Ulster Orchestra)
Ioana Petcu-Colan (Ulster Orchestra)
Jeremy Martin (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Anna Smith (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Shirley Turner (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Martin Gwilym-Jones (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Anna Cleworth (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Emilie Godden (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Carmel Barber (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Rustom Pomeroy (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Second violins

Lisa Obert (BBC Philharmonic)
Sophie Hudgell (BBC Philharmonic)
Lise Aferiat (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Liza Johnson (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Michael Alexander (Ulster Orchestra)
Usman Waseem-Peguero (Ulster Orchestra)
Vanessa Hughes (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Lucy Curnow (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Michael Topping (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Beverley Wescott (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Sellena Leony (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Katherine Miller (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Matthew Elston (BBC Concert Orchestra)
David Beaman (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Violas

Alexandra Fletcher (BBC Philharmonic)
Fiona Dunkley (BBC Philharmonic)
Mark Braithwaite (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Rik Evans (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Stephen Begley (Ulster Orchestra)
Richard Guthrie (Ulster Orchestra)
Norbert Blume (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Josh Hayward (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Laura Sinnerton (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Timothy Welch (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Helen Knief (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Cellos

Jessica Schäfer (BBC Philharmonic)
Rudi De Groote (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Gill De Groote (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Charles-Antoine Archambault (Ulster Orchestra)
Morag Stewart (Ulster Orchestra)
Gus Harris (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Miwa Rosso (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Ben Rogerson (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Double basses

Ronan Dunne (BBC Philharmonic)
William Cole (Ulster Orchestra)
Richard Alsop (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Elen Pan (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
David Stark (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Andrew Wood (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Bass guitar

Claire Whitson (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)

Harp

Louise Martin (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

Flutes

Charlotte Ashton (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Alex Jakeman (BBC Philharmonic)

Piccolo

Jenny Hutchinson (BBC Philharmonic)

Oboes

Jenny Galloway (BBC Philharmonic)
Alexandra Hilton (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)

Cor anglais

Colin Stark (Ulster Orchestra)

Clarinets

Ciaran McQuaid (Ulster Orchestra)
Derek Hannigan (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Bass clarinet

Yann Ghiro (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)

Bassoons

Julie Price (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Roberto Giaccaglia (BBC Philharmonic)

Contrabassoon

Steve Magee (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

Horns

Martin Owen (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Martin Wall (Ulster Orchestra)
Mark Johnson (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Stephanie Jones (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)

Trumpets

Catherine Moore (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Mark O'Keeffe (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
John Blackshaw (BBC Concert Orchestra)
Rob Samuel (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)

Trombones

Helen Vollam (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Jonathan Hollick (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)
Darren Smith (BBC National Orchestra of Wales)

Tuba

Sam Elliott (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

Timpani

Paul Turner (BBC Philharmonic)

Percussion

Paul Patrick (BBC Philharmonic)
Stephen Whibley (BBC Concert Orchestra)

Sopranos

Emma Tring (BBC Singers)
Helen Neeves (BBC Singers)
Rebecca Lea (BBC Singers)
Alice Gribbin (BBC Singers)
Clare Lloyd-Griffiths (BBC Singers)

Altos

Jessica Gillingwater (BBC Singers)
Ciara Hendrick (BBC Singers)
Katherine Nicholson (BBC Singers)
Nancy Cole (BBC Singers)
Olivia Robinson (BBC Singers)
Margaret Cameron (BBC Singers)

Tenors

Andrew Murgatroyd (BBC Singers)
Andrew Rupp (BBC Singers)
Ed Price (BBC Singers)
Chris Bowen (BBC Singers)
Stephen Charlesworth (BBC Singers)
Tom Raskin (BBC Singers)