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A search for the orchestra that best captures the spirit of British amateur music-making. The remaining orchestras take on the concerto - a piece featuring a virtuoso soloist.

The orchestras take on another difficult musical form - the concerto, an orchestral piece featuring a virtuoso soloist. A daunting project for any orchestra, but this time the soloist will be chosen from the orchestras' own ranks. Can they elevate one of their own and mould them into a virtuoso performer in a few short weeks?

It's not just the soloists who will have to up their game. The whole orchestra will have to support and lift them to greater heights. And if that wasn't enough, the orchestras will also showcase their work at a concert that they will plan and produce themselves on their home turf.

Each of the three remaining orchestras get extra tuition and help from the series' judge, renowned conductor Paul Daniel. And the series mentor Chi-chi Nwanoku selects three world-class musicians to give our soloists individual mentoring sessions.

We follow the orchestras as they rehearse and plan the concerts, and we follow the soloists as they attempt to grow into the role of virtuoso performers.

The show culminates in the performances the orchestras put on themselves, after which one orchestra will be eliminated from the contest by Paul Daniel.

Presented by Proms host and last year's Strictly Come Dancing finalist Katie Derham, this series attempts to get under the skin of the real musical and personal challenges that face amateur orchestras from across the UK as they attempt to truly come together and rise to new musical heights.

The five orchestras originally taking part are North Devon Sinfonia, London Gay Symphony Orchestra, The People's Orchestra from Birmingham, Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra and Stirling Orchestra. Can the players master their sheet music while also getting on with their varied day jobs as farmers, supermarket workers, carers and undertakers? Who will rise to the challenge, and who will find themselves dismissed from the contest?

1 hour

Last on

Thu 15 Sep 2016 23:45
麻豆社 Two Scotland

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E Flat

    Performer: Capella Istropolitana. Conductor: Petr 艩kvor.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons Summer Presto

  • The National

    Runaway, Instrumental

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Concerto for Trombone, 3rd Movement

    Performer: The North Devon Sinfonia.

  • 补濒迟鈥怞

    The Gospel Of John Hurt

  • Richard Strauss

    Concerto for Oboe in D Major

    Performer: The London Gay Symphony Orchestra.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major

  • Lau

    Noltland Castle

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise

    Performer: The Stirling Orchestra.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Dance of the Rose Maidens

  • Lau

    The Burrian

  • Clean Bandit

    Rather Be, Instrumental

  • The North Devon Sinfonia

    Sweet Child O' Mine

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Petricor

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata

    Performer: Myleene Klass.

  • Tegan and Sara

    Faint of Heart, Instrumental

  • Bat for Lashes

    Daniel, Instrumental

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Waltz no 2

  • Lau

    Stephen's

  • Birdy

    Keeping Your Head Up, Instrumental

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no 7 in a Presto

Credits

Presenter Katie Derham
Series Producer Chi Ukairo
Executive Producer Claire Whalley
Producer Karen Rona
Director Karen Rona

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