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Ten Pieces I

Performances by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales are mixed with live action and magical animation to open up the world of classical music to children.

An inventive and immersive cinematic film with a mission to inspire a generation of children, mixing performance, live action and animation to explore the wonders of classical music, filmed on an epic scale in an aircraft hangar outside Cardiff.

Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales in performances of works from the baroque to the contemporary. They are introduced by a host of celebrities including Claudia Winkleman, Blue Peter's Barney Harwood, CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Khalil Madovi and singers Laura Mvula and Katy B, aided by playful and magical animation.

The pieces range from Mozart's Horn Concerto and the famed opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony to the driving rhythms of John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine. There is also a brand new body percussion piece, Connect It, specially commissioned for the project and performed by youth group Drum Works.

The film is the opening fanfare of the Ten Pieces project - an ambitious Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ initiate to inspire primary aged children to get creative with classical music.

49 minutes

Last on

Tue 21 Jul 2015 05:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Planets (Mars)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In The Hall Of The Mountain KingΒ 

    Performer: Nick ReadΒ .
  • John Adams

    Short Ride In A Fast MachineΒ 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Storm from Peter GrimesΒ 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In The Hall Of The Mountain KingΒ 

    Performer: Nick ReadΒ .
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4Β 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5Β 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5

    Performer: Barney HarwoodΒ .
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4Β 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadock The PriestΒ 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd. Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales.
  • Anna Meredith

    Connect ItΒ 

    Performer: Drum WorksΒ .
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird SuiteΒ 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride In A Fast MachineΒ 

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Barney Harwood
Presenter Khalil Madovi
Presenter Laura Mvula
Presenter Katy B
Presenter Richard McCourt
Presenter Dominic Wood
Presenter Dan Starkey
Presenter Claudia Winkleman
Presenter Leanne Dunstan
Presenter Sarah Rayson
Presenter Anna Meredith
Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales
Conductor Thomas SΓΈndergΓ¥rd
Performer Tim Thorpe
Performer Drum Works
Producer Serena Cross
Producer Sam White
Director Oliver Smyth
Director Nick Wickham
Executive Producer Katy Jones

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