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Audio from BBC Ten Pieces - orchestral recordings of Bach, Bizet, Clyne, Haydn, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Vaughan William, Verdi and Wagner featuring the BBC Philharmonic.

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    • Mar 26, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 21 EPISODES


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    The Firebird - complete dance sequence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2015 15:16


    The text and music for the complete Firebird dance taken from the three Firebird programmes. Pete Hillier tells the story and children dance to the specially chosen sequences of music from the BBC's 10 Pieces project. Ideal for putting on an assembly performance in front of the school!

    The giant Kaschei

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2015 20:12


    Pete Hillier concludes his series exploring the BBC's 'Ten Pieces' through dance with the final part of the The Firebird.

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    The magic garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 20:11


    Pete Hillier continues his retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'

    The Firebird and Prince Ivan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2015 20:14


    Pete Hillier begins a retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC 'Ten Pieces'

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    Planet Mars - Dust storms and two moons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2015 23:23


    Pete Hillier presents the second of two programmes exploring the planet Mars through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

    Planet Mars - Ice shapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 19:28


    Pete Hillier presents the first of two programmes exploring the red planet through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

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    On the mountain - The trolls are coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2015 23:49


    Pete Hillier returns with the second part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!

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    On the mountain - Wild weather

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2015 22:40


    Pete Hillier presents the first part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!

    The Sea - Storm!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2015 23:51


    Pete Hillier presents the last of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

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    The Sea - Sea creatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2015 24:05


    Pete Hillier presents the second of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. The music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - Beethoven's 'Symphony No 5' and 'Mars' by Gustav Holst from 'The Planets'.

    The Sea - A storm coming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 23:02


    Pete Hillier presents the first of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. Today's music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - and the famous Horn Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2014 4:23


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform John Adam's Short Ride in a Fast Machine, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (1st movemement)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2014 4:29


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Britten: 'Storm' Interlude from 'Peter Grimes'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2014 4:16


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 'Storm' from Britten's 'Sea Interludes' from his opera Peter Grimes, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Grieg: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2014 2:20


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Handel: Zadok The Priest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2014 4:25


    The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Handel's Zadok The Priest, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Holst: 'Mars' from 'The Planets'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 4:02


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 'Mars' from 'The Planets' as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Anna Meredith: Connect It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2014 3:14


    Drum Works (a youth precussion group from East London) perform Anna Meredith's Connect It, as seen in the Ten Pieces film.

    Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2014 3:51


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their principal horn player, Tim Thorpe as soloist, perform the 3rd movement of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Mussorgsky: A Night On The Bare Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2014 3:54


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Mussorgsky's A Night On The Bare Mountain, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

    Stravinsky: The Firebird - suite (1911) (Finale)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2014 3:17


    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform the Finale from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.

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