Family Discovery Series
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Featured Artists
Naomi Woo
Conductor
Michael Boudewyns
Narrator
Sara Valentine
Narrator
Bring your ears and imagination, and let The Philadelphia Orchestra take you on a musical ride you won’t forget!
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten is the perfect way to explore the amazing sounds of an orchestra. With cheerful melodies, exciting rhythms, and a touch of musical magic, this piece introduces each section of the orchestra—strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion—one by one. Britten wrote this piece to help young listeners discover the joy of music, and it’s still doing that today.
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Program
Mozart
Symphony in C major (“Toy”)
10 minutes
Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
18 minutes
Approximate Duration
45 minutes
