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Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A Musical Who’s Who

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A Musical Who’s Who

Update: 2025-10-27
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Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A Musical Who’s Who in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!

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When The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra premiered, Britten wasn’t sure audiences would take it seriously. He needn’t have worried—it’s now one of the most-performed orchestral works ever written for education. Ironically, it’s also one of the most sophisticated fugues in the entire 20th-century repertoire.

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Steven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.

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Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A Musical Who’s Who

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: A Musical Who’s Who

Steven Hobé, Composer & Host