The National Open Youth Orchestra – the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble – and members of BBC NOW perform Charlotte Harding’s bold re-imagining of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, as well as music spanning the sound-pictures of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Florence Price’s toe-tapping Juba Dance and Michael Betteridge’s concerto for Clarion, an accessible instrument.
British Sign Language-interpreted
Relaxed performance
There will be no interval
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Performed at the Bristol Beacon
Programme:
Antonio Vivaldi arr. Rhian Davies and Ellen O’Brien
The Four Seasons (excerpts)
Florence Price arr. Rhian Davies
Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt)
Oliver Cross arr. Liam Taylor-West
Barriers
Michael Betteridge arr. Julia Koelmans
Soaring Through Sparks (Clarion Concerto)
Charlotte Harding arr. Liam Taylor West
The Orchestra: A Young Person’s Guide
Performers:
Alessandro Vazzana (clarion)
National Open Youth Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alice Farnham (conductor)
