[BIRTHDAY] 🎶🎂 To celebrate composer Benjamin Britten's special day, we invited maestra Marin Alsop to tell you everything about his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra! 🎶🎂https://rebrand.ly/Britten_Alsop https://rebrand.ly/Britten-Alsop | medici.tv

Zeb Soanes introduces you to our new book, ‘The Very Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’ – an introduction to orchestral music, with music at the push of a button, beautiful illustrations and a read-along story. It’s a perfect Christmas gift for the young virtuoso in your life. Get your copy here 👉 https://clssicfm.co/3qYkpIU | Classic FM

[YOUTH ORCHESTRAS] Watch maestra Marin Alsop conduct the Britten-Pears Orchestra—made up of exceptional young musicians from all over the world—in Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra! https://rebrand.ly/Britten_Alsop | medici.tv

To close #FirstNightoftheProms, we’re treated to Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska. As it says on the tin, this is a musical tour of the modern orchestra, explicit in its aims of exploring both collective orchestral sound & the individual characteristics of instruments. 📺 Watch now on BBC iPlayer | BBC Proms