Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

~ Recording by Hugh Downs, Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34	17:09	Benjamin Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf / Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (green vinyl)	Prokofiev; David Bowie, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Britten	Album	US1978	RCA Red Seal	ARL1-2743
1.2	Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34	17:11	Benjamin Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf / Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra	Prokofiev; David Bowie, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Britten	Album	US1983	RCA Red Seal	RCD1-2743
1.2	Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34	17:11	Benjamin Britten	David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf	Prokofiev; David Bowie, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy	Album	XE1988	RCA Red Seal	RD82743

Relationships

spoken vocals [narrator]:	Hugh Downs (American radio and television broadcaster)
orchestra:	Boston Pops
conductor:	Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

compilation of:

1. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 1
2. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 2
3. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 3
4. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 4
5. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 5
6. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 6
7. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 7
8. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 8
9. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 9
10. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 10
11. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 11
12. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 12
13. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 13
14. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 14
15. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 15
16. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 16
17. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 17
18. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 18
19. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 19
20. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Part 20

recording of:	The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)

composer:	Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1946)

later translated versions:

Variations et fugue sur un theme de Purcell

parts:

1. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: I. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente
2. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: II. Variation A. Presto (flute and piccolo)
3. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: III. Variation B. Lento (oboe)
4. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: IV. Variation C. Moderato (clarinet)
5. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: V. Variation D. Allegro alla marcia (bassoon)
6. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VI. Variation E. Brillante - Alla polacca (violin)
7. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VII. Variation F. Meno mosso (viola)
8. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VIII. Variation G. (cello)
9. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: IX. Variation H. Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando (double-bass)
10. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: X. Variation I. Maestoso (harp)
11. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XI. Variation J. L’istesso tempo (horn)
12. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XII. Variation K. Vivace (trumpet)
13. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XIII. Variation L. Allegro pomposo (trombone)
14. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XIV. Variation M. Moderato (percussion)
15. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XV. Fugue. Allegro molto