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In order to show you how

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a big symphony orchestra is put together,

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Benjamin Britten has written a big piece of music,

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which is made up of smaller pieces

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that show you all the separate parts of the orchestra.

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These smaller pieces are called variations,

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which means different ways of playing the same tune.

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First of all, he lets us hear the tune or the theme,

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which is a beautiful melody

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by the much older British composer Henry Purcell.

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Here is Purcell's theme played by the whole orchestra together.

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Now, Mr. Britten lets you hear the four different families of the orchestra

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playing the same Purcell theme in different ways.

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First, we hear the woodwind family.

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The? Utes, the oboes, the clarinets and the bassoons.

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Here comes the brass family.

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The trumpets, the horns, the trombones and the tubas.

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One to four.

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Now, Mr. Britten arranges the Purcell theme for the string family.

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I'm sick of this rain.