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