The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell): Theme A. Allegro maestoso e largamente

Benjamin Britten'

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In order to show you how a big symphony orchestra is put together,
 Benjamin Britten has written a big piece of music,
 Wich is made up of smaller pieces that show you all the different parts of the orchestra.
 These smaller pieces are called variations,
 Wich means different ways of playing the same tune.
 First of all, he lets us hear the tune or the theme,
 Wich is a beautiful melody by the much older British composer, Henry Purcell.
 Here is Purcell's theme played by the whole orchestra together.

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