CBBC @ the Ten Pieces Prom 2015 Ten Pieces

-CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

-Listen... Something's coming.

It's rumbling up in the roof.

Sizzling under your seats.

Some people call it classical music...

..but I think it should be called...

brain-fizzing, mind-whizzing,

amazing music, and look, it's right here in the Royal Albert Hall,

to take us on an adventure into ten incredible pieces of music.

So, are you ready?

CHEERING

Then open your ears.

If you have a seatbelt, I suggest you fasten it now. If you don't...

Well, hold on tight.

My name's Barney Harwood, and this is the Ten Pieces Prom.

CHEERING

Ever wanted to travel through time and space?

Well, you don't need a lovely spaceship like mine.

ALARM BUZZES

All you need is some fantastic classical music.

And your imagination.

See, classical music's a little bit like having a spaceship.

It can take you anywhere you want.

So, when a man called Gustav Holst wanted to explore the planets...

Destination up ahead.

..he went into space using his imagination.

-Destination right there!

-ALARM BLARES

And he dreamt up music about Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and...

Maaaaaaaaars!

MUSIC BEGINS

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

CRASHING, ELECTRICAL BUZZING

-Whoa!

-Aaargh!

-Hey!

-Whoa!

-Where...?

-Uh?

-Oh!

-Huh...

CHEERING

This is like...

some kind of weird, space, intergalactic gathering.

-I know. Look at them all.

-Yeah.

There must be about 6,000 aliens in here.

Yeah.

-I mean, look at this one.

-Ugh!

-That's a weird alien, isn't it?

-Isn't it just?

-You can tell by the boggly eyes and the slightly green complexion.

-Hmm.

Oh. Hey, look!

That must be the chief alien.

You can tell by the masses of grey, curly hair.

LAUGHTER

There's one over there, waving at us.

Hi, hi, my name's Dan Starkey.

I'm on the run and I really need your help.

-That's a long name.

-DAN SIGHS

Listen! Listen, there's a horrible troll after me.

The oven's on, and he's ready to turn me into Dan Starkey pies.

Ew...

When you say troll, do you mean a slightly chubby troll with,

kind of, slimy, grey skin and maybe, maybe really bad teeth?

Yes, yes, and yes.

If you see him, do me a favour and shout, "Troll!"

AUDIENCE: Troll!

Yep... Yep, that's right, you've got it.

Troll.

BOTH: Troll!

-There!

-Troll, there!

Aargh!

CHEERING

MUSIC: In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Edvard Grieg

OK, is that thing gone?

-CHEERING

-Are you sure?

Now, let's make some noise for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

CHEERING

And, of course, let's hear a big welcome

for the amazing Thomas Sondergard.

CHEERING

Now, this concert is happening because of you.

You've all been listening to ten great pieces

and we're going to hear all of them today.

But you've also been producing your own brilliant music,

art and dance, inspired by those pieces, and we're going to see some

of that during the concert, too, on the screens and here on stage.

So, do you want to hear some more great music?

CHEERING

OK, let's start with my favourite eight notes in...

AUDIENCE: Troll!

No. No, no, we've done the troll one. We've done...

BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY INTRO

I was just going to say,

my favourite eight notes in the whole concert are those eight...

-AUDIENCE: Troll!

-What?

Ah-ha!

Oh, very funny.

Anyway, those are my favourite eight notes.

How did you know that, Thomas? That was quite cool.

Do you recognise them?

-AUDIENCE: Yes.

-Of course you do.

They are the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

MUSIC BEGINS

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

Royal Albert Hall as quick as you can.

I'm on my way, Barney. I had to go get a wood block.

The orchestra left theirs in the cafe in Cardiff,

and you can't play this next piece of music without a wood block.

It's music called Short Ride In A Fast Machine,

which is just what I'm having now.

As quick as you can, please!

The composer of this piece, John Adams,

took a ride in his friend's sports car,

and after a crazy, scary, hair-raising ride,

soon wished he hadn't.

TRAFFIC HORNS BLARE

But it gave him an idea to compose music full of racing rhythms,

speed and energy.

And it's all kicked off by this, the wood block,

which is why the whole orchestra's going to be really happy to know...

..that I'm here!

CHEERING

And it's time for Short Ride In A Fast Machine.

MUSIC BEGINS

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

When we were told we were doing classical music, we were like,

"Oh, this is going to be the worst topic ever.

"This is actually going to be horrible."

Then the music started playing and it was just quite fun.

I think Ten Pieces is absolutely fantastic.

They're all, like, really exciting.

If someone were to tell me classical music is not for them,

I would say, "But have you listened to it?"

SHE HUMS 'IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING'

ORCHESTRA PLAYS IT

ALL: Yeah!

It's mind-boggling.

Makes you alive, really.

You can get lost in music.

I've seen a different side of classical music.

I never knew classical music could be so good.

APPLAUSE

LOW RUMBLE

It sounds to me like a musical storm is brewing.

I think you're right, Molly, which is actually great,

because our next piece, written by Benjamin Britten,

is all about a whirling, swirling, stormy sea,

and to perform their own dance inspired by Britten's

Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes,

let's welcome the boys of St Joseph's College, Ipswich.

You know, Molly, I think we're going to need the audience's help

-here, you know, to get the orchestra in the mood.

-Great idea.

Let's make our own storm.

We're all going to need some hand rubs, some clicks, some knee slaps.

And we're going to move the sounds around the hall like a Mexican wave.

OK, here we go.

HANDS SOUND LIKE LIGHT RAIN

CLICKS SOUND LIKE HEAVIER RAIN

KNEE SLAPS SOUND LIKE VERY HEAVY RAIN

Ha-ha, it's building!

DRUMS RUMBLE LIKE THUNDER

-Whoa! Molly, we should get out of here.

-Yeah!

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MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

Hold on a minute, hold on a minute. W-What, what are you doing?

I'm taking a promfie!

And what, may I ask, is a promfie?

It's a selfie...at a prom! You know, a promfie?

Ah, so that makes this your promfie stick.

Yes, it's my promfie stick.

-OK, after three.

-Will we do it?

-Yes, let's do it. Here we go.

One... two... three...

Go! CAMERA CLICKS

-Nice!

-Very good.

OK, look, before we do another promfie,

-can I just check something out here?

-What?

-So, we're now in the audience, right?

-Yes, yes.

That is the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

It is. Watch. Cooee!

ORCHESTRA: Cooee!

-You see?

-But who, may I ask, are all those other people,

-little people up there?

-The multicoloured ones up there?

-Yeah.

Ah, they, my friend, that is

the awesome Ten Pieces Children's Choir, and it's the perfect time

to introduce them because they're going to sing for us.

Oh, yeah, great. It's a piece a lot of you will already know.

MUSIC BEGINS Maybe you've heard it on the opening of the Champions League,

or maybe you've just sung it in the shower.

It's a piece that was written by George Frideric Handel

in 1727 for the coronation of George II,

and it's been played on very special days ever since.

And today is definitely a very special day,

so let's make some noise for the spectacular

Ten Pieces Children's Choir with Zadok The Priest.

APPLAUSE

# Zadok the priest

# And Nathan

# The prophet

# Anointed

# Solomon

# King

# And all the people rejoiced

# Rejoiced, rejoiced

# And said

# Long live the King

# God save the King

# Long live the King

# May the King live

# May the King live for ever

# For ever, for ever

# Amen, amen, hallelujah

# Hallelujah, amen

# Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

# Amen, amen

# Ah-ah, ah-ah

# Ah-ah, ah-ah

# Ah-ah, ah

# Amen, amen

# Amen, hallelujah, amen

# Hallelujah, amen, amen

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah. #

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

MUSIC BEGINS

# Ah...

RHYTHMIC BEATS

# Ssssh, ssssh, ssssh... #

Ya!

# Ssssh, ssssh, ssh-ssh-ssh... #

# Ya! Ya! Sssh

# Ya!

# Ya! Ya! Sssh

# Ya!

# Ha-ha, ha-ha, sssh

# Ya, ya!

# Ya, ha-ha, ha, sssh

# Ya, ya!

THEY CONTINUE MAKING RHYTHMIC SOUNDS

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

BELL CHIMES

Molly, it's midnight.

That means it's party time for witches everywhere!

Yes.

BASSES STRUM

Ooh, listen to those double basses.

I think the guests are arriving.

It's getting dark.

And all things evil are coming out to play.

BELL CHIMES

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

Fantastic!

Mussorgsky's Night On A Bare Mountain and...er, where's he gone?

Dick? Dick, you can come out of the toilets,

there are no more witches, they've all gone.

-I wasn't in the toilet. Course I wasn't in the toilet.

-Where were you?

-I was just getting this.

-Ooh, nice bag.

-Yes.

-What's in it?

-This, my little friend...

-Yes.

..is my very own homemade French horn.

-French horn?

-Yes, because next, the orchestra are going to play

-a horn concerto.

-Ah, concerto. Now, I know what a concerto is.

That's when one of these fine musicians over here

takes their instrument, takes centre stage,

-and they perform, they're the star for that piece.

-Exactly.

I've made a homemade one, which looks a little bit like this.

-Yes. And as you can see...

-This is your horn?

-This is my horn.

-Right.

-As you can see,

it takes on the same principles as a brass instrument.

It's basically a long pipe wrapped round and round and round,

with a mouthpiece at one end to blow into and a funnel at the other end

where the sound comes out of to make it nice and loud.

So...you are going to play a horn concerto...

-with this?

-Yes.

-Would you like to see this?

-AUDIENCE: Yes!

So would I. Shall I give you an introduction?

-Please.

-All right.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dick,

who's going to be playing Mozart's Horn...Concerto!

A-hem.

BLOWS

Wrong end.

LAUGHTER

-What?

-Wrong...end.

Oh!

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It's been incredible to see how much brilliant work everyone has done,

including Chase Bridge Primary School

who you can see at the front of the stage. Let's give a huge welcome

to the children of Chase Bridge Primary School

with their composition Volcano.

MUSIC BEGINS

What inspired you to pick up the drum, of all instruments?

Er, because they're loud and I like them.

-LAUGHTER

-Fair enough answer, isn't it?

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE

Eibhlinn, you composed that piece of music.

Tell me about how you were inspired.

Well, I just heard Beethoven's 5th Symphony and I immediately loved it,

the way he does it so vibrant,

and then I tried to incorporate some of the things,

like motifs and pizzicato.

MUSIC BEGINS

ALL SHOUT

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ssssh!

I don't want to disturb you-know-who.

But I do want to tell you a story.

A story that was once told to the composer Edvard Grieg.

He wrote this next piece of music, In The Hall Of The Mountain King,

all about it.

Edvard Grieg was from Norway,

a country with enormous, tall mountains.

And inside one of these mountains was a kingdom,

a kingdom of trolls.

Now, you wouldn't want to make them angry, would you?

But that's exactly what a man called Peer Gynt did.

He found himself...

in a big, gigantic hall.

A bit like this.

It was very dark.

A bit like this.

And he could feel the eyes of thousands of trolls

all staring at him.

A bit like this.

And they began to lick their lips

and gnash their teeth

and decide it was time for dinner.

And if you're ever standing

with lots of trolls looking at you,

thinking about eating you,

a little bit like this,

then there's only one thing that you can do.

Very quickly...

and very quietly...

escape!

CHILDREN SHOUT

MUSIC BEGINS

CHILDREN SHOUT, "TROLL!"

CHILDREN SHOUT, "TROLL!"

CHILDREN SHOUT, "TROLL!"

CHILDREN SHOUT, "TROLL!"

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Dan, there's someone here that's been looking for you.

Look, Dan, Dan, the troll has been following you around

because he wants to give you a message.

SOMEONE SHOUTS OUT, "BOGIES!"

LAUGHTER

There's always one, isn't there?

This troll and everyone here want to say a big thank you

to all the teachers, musicians, supporters

and everyone who's been listening to music this year.

But the biggest thank you goes to all of you who have made art,

animations, dance and music about the Ten Pieces.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Aw!

This flight, with the magical Firebird,

is our last musical journey today.

But your adventure into the world of music is just beginning.

So all you need to do is decide where you want to go next.

MUSIC BEGINS

MUSIC ENDS, APPLAUSE