The Orchestra in Action
| Take a break from reading now and listen to The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, a work devised by Benjamin Britten in 1946 to introduce the many tone colors of orchestral instruments. A full chart of this work is given on page 41. For now, the chart below will lead you one by one through the various sections and instruments of the orchestra. | |
| 0:00 | Full orchestra |
| 0:42 | WOODWIND choir |
| 1:11 | BRASS choir |
| 1:42 | STRING choir |
| 2:07 | PERCUSSION |
| 2:26 | Full orchestra |
| 2:50 | Flutes and piccolo |
| 3:29 | Oboes |
| 4:32 | Clarinets |
| 5:14 | Bassoon |
| 6:11 | Violins |
| 6:56 | Violas |
| 7:45 | Cellos |
| 8:43 | Double bass |
| 9:40 | Harp |
| 10:31 | French horns |
| 11:11 | Trumpets |
| 11:47 | Trombones, tuba |
| 12:48 | PERCUSSION |
| 14:43 | Full orchestra |