0:00:05 > 0:00:1028 years ago, an 18-year-old clarinettist gave a life-changing
0:00:10 > 0:00:14performance to win the fourth BBC Young Musician title.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Today Emma Johnson is one of the world's leading soloists
0:00:17 > 0:00:21and she's back with us tonight as a member of our jury.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hoping to impress her, five young performers with dreams
0:00:24 > 0:00:26of following in her footsteps.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52We're now just over a week away from the final
0:00:52 > 0:00:54of BBC Young Musician 2012.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56By the end of next Friday's programme,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59we'll know the full line-up for the semi-final.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And it's shaping up to be quite the battle.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Already through, 15-year-old pianist Yuanfan Yang,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10who took the keyboard title with a spectacular performance.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16APPLAUSE
0:01:18 > 0:01:2116-year-old bass trombonist Alex Kelly triumphed
0:01:21 > 0:01:23in an emotional brass final.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And the strings gave the jury a tough night.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33But in the end 14-year-old cellist Laura Van Der Heijden
0:01:33 > 0:01:34lifted the trophy.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Tonight it's the turn of the woodwinds, as five more
0:01:42 > 0:01:43young performers take the stage
0:01:43 > 0:01:48here at the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, in Cardiff.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It promises to be another night of compelling performance
0:01:51 > 0:01:52and nail-biting competition.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54And no wonder...
0:01:54 > 0:01:56There's a lot a stake.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03It really does open doors for people.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07It's a really big thing, a very special thing, a unique opportunity.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11It gives an opportunity they can't possibly have anywhere else.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I remember watching, thinking, "Yeah, wouldn't it be great to do that?"
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The exposure provides many things.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It's a great start to your professional career.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Probably the most important contest in the world for young people.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It helps you understand what performance is.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31You have to get every note to your highest possible standard.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32My life has been changed.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It's a very important competition.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45I wouldn't be here right now if I hadn't won it. It's amazing.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52If you've been following the series so far, you'll know that
0:02:52 > 0:02:56BBC Young Musician 2012 looks set to be another vintage year.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Tonight we have no fewer than five woodwind instruments represented -
0:03:00 > 0:03:03the bassoon, the clarinet, the flute, the saxophone
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and, for only the third time in the competition's history,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10we'll hear a recorder in the category finals.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14In just a few moments we'll be meeting our five finalists,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16but first, a reminder of how they got here
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and what lies ahead for the winner.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Over 450 young musicians applied,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28but only 25 have made it to this stage, the category finals.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31That's five in each category...
0:03:31 > 0:03:32brass...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34woodwind...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36strings...
0:03:36 > 0:03:37keyboard...
0:03:37 > 0:03:38and percussion.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The winner of each category will then compete in the semi-final,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47at stake just three places in the final.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50A week on Sunday, we'll see our three finalists take to the stage
0:03:50 > 0:03:55at one of the UK's finest concert halls, the Sage Gateshead.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58They'll each perform a full concerto with the Northern Sinfonia,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01led by one of the most exciting conductors of his generation -
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Kirill Karibits.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09That takes place over on BBC2 on 13th May,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and I very much hope you'll join me there.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Meanwhile, back to the task at hand.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It's time to meet our five woodwind finalists,
0:04:16 > 0:04:22each of them hoping for a shot at the title BBC Young Musician 2012.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28First on, Charlotte Barbour-Condini, aged 15,
0:04:28 > 0:04:29a recorder player from London.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I haven't really thought about winning this.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35If I do get through I'll be very happy.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I'll be very... I'll be shocked.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40It's just a great thing to be part of.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I'm definitely looking forward to it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:5119-year-old clarinettist Jordan Black, from Swindon.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Tonight I just want to really enjoy it, not think too much about,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59you know, that it's a competition. It is a competition, but I just want
0:04:59 > 0:05:04to really enjoy myself and really communicate to the audience.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I mean, it's been such an exciting journey,
0:05:06 > 0:05:07I'm really happy to be here.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Next, from Staffordshire, 17-year-old saxophonist
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Lucinda Dunne.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Well, this is a massive occasion.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I've never done anything as big as this before. I'm really excited about it.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27I'm going to try my best, and it doesn't matter if I win or not,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I just feel quite privileged being here.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Flautist Luke O'Toole, who's 18 and comes from Ormskirk
0:05:38 > 0:05:39in Lancashire.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43I've known about this competition ever since I was a little kid,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47and I've always thought, "I'd love to be part of that one day."
0:05:47 > 0:05:50When I found out I'd got through to the category final,
0:05:50 > 0:05:51I just couldn't believe it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And the fact that I could get into the semi is just
0:05:54 > 0:05:57an amazing feeling, so I'm really going to go for it.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04And 18-year-old Charlotte Cox from Guildford
0:06:04 > 0:06:05on the bassoon.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I think it's quite a lot of preparation,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11especially preparing yourself mentally just to be able to
0:06:11 > 0:06:14get on stage in front of all the cameras.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17You don't get many opportunities to play a 20-minute-long recital on bassoon.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20It's a big achievement, getting to this stage,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and I think I'm just happy for being here.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26So, here they are, our five woodwind finalists.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31For me, what's really exciting about this woodwind final
0:06:31 > 0:06:34is not only the contrasting instruments, but the wide range of
0:06:34 > 0:06:37repertoire we're going to hear, from early music - we've even got
0:06:37 > 0:06:40a harpsichord on stage - right the way to the present day.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44There's a lot to look forward to and a lot for the judges to consider.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Let's find out what they're looking for.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50The judges are:
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Internationally renowned clarinettist Emma Johnson,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56winner of the BBC Young Musician title in 1984.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01I'm looking for something over and above technicality.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05You can play as technically brilliantly as you like,
0:07:05 > 0:07:10but it doesn't necessarily mean that people want to listen to you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Another Young Musician finalist,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15now one of Britain's leading flautists, Juliette Bausor.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The programme choices are very important in the competition.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21You would like to hear them showing all of the different styles
0:07:21 > 0:07:22that they can play.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And our general adjudicator,
0:07:24 > 0:07:29conductor and founder of Sinfonia Cymru, Gareth Jones.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33What's really very, very important is to show their understanding
0:07:33 > 0:07:36of music of different styles and periods.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40You have to have a real conviction in the programme that you've
0:07:40 > 0:07:42put forward, and a belief in it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46What I'm hoping is there's going to be one person who stands out,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48that ability to keep you listening.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52All five, very different instruments it's going to be great
0:07:52 > 0:07:54to hear all of them play tonight.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01So, that's who our woodwind finalists here at the
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Royal Welsh College of College of Music and Drama in Cardiff
0:08:04 > 0:08:05will have to impress.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Emma and Juliette have both been on the Young Musician stage
0:08:09 > 0:08:12themselves, so will know exactly what it feels like to face a jury,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15a task that now falls to our first competitor.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20At 15, Charlotte Barbour-Condini is our youngest of tonight's woodwind finalists.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23She's already waiting backstage, ready to get us under way.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Charlotte's the only woodwind finalist not studying full-time
0:08:38 > 0:08:40at a specialist music school.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43But she's been playing the recorder since the age of six.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46When I tell people that I play the recorder, they're usually like,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49"That's not a proper instrument," because quite a lot of people
0:08:49 > 0:08:53have played it in their primary school and it's viewed as
0:08:53 > 0:08:58an instrument that's a stepping stone to playing other instruments in future.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Like most children at primary school, Charlotte started with
0:09:03 > 0:09:06group recorder lessons, but she enjoyed it so much she moved on
0:09:06 > 0:09:08to individual lessons.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14When I first met her she... I mean, she stood out immediately.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18She has a very sort of raw talent.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21It's such an individual breath of fresh air, the way she plays.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I think it's great.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But the recorder's not Charlotte's only instrument -
0:09:30 > 0:09:32she's a bit of a musical all-rounder.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35She's also Grade 8 on both the piano and the violin,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and has a collection of competition trophies at home
0:09:38 > 0:09:39to show for her hard work.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I still don't know whether I'm going to be a pianist, recorder player
0:09:45 > 0:09:49or violinist, or whether I'm going to be a mixture of the three.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54I'd really like to just keep all three for as long as possible,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57but there does have to come a time when I do focus and decide
0:09:57 > 0:10:00which one is my first instrument, because I still don't know.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Every time that she's concentrating on her instrument,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05people always ask, "What is your favourite?"
0:10:05 > 0:10:09And it's like, "Whichever one I'm playing", which is just perfect.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12So, OK, I'm left and right, OK?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Generally, I think I concentrate on the instrument that I've got
0:10:16 > 0:10:19a performance coming up in later,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22but it's kind of sometimes a bit chaotic
0:10:22 > 0:10:25when I'm performing in all three around the same time.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Charlotte has a busy week with school,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31piano and violin lessons and hours of practice.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33And there's no let-up at the weekend either.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37She runs with her local athletics club and packs in even more music
0:10:37 > 0:10:39at the Junior Royal Academy.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42She takes part in orchestra, music theory
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and recorder ensemble, and in the build-up to the woodwind final,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49works on competition pieces with teacher Barbara Law.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51When I started with Barbara,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54she introduced me to a lot of more modern stuff,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57as well as very early stuff, which is nice,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01because I've got a wider range and repertoire.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I think repertoire is everything at this stage,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06because there isn't the breadth of repertoire.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We're missing the whole sort of classical, romantic music
0:11:10 > 0:11:12that the other instruments have got to draw upon,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15so we've really got to make what we do choose
0:11:15 > 0:11:17as interesting and as varied as possible,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and so, if that means going right back to mediaeval
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and going right up until the present day,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25then that's the way to go, I think.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I'm working on going further
0:11:29 > 0:11:32with what you can do with the pieces,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35especially with the Trotto, because it's such an early piece,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38you would have added a lot of your own ornamentation.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Things like, when you got this, we've got that...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43SHE PLAYS A SHORT PHRASE, TWICE
0:11:43 > 0:11:48..You could do lots of flourishing, filling in of notes, there.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52She's really encouraging me to always go further with that
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and not be afraid to try things out.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Yeah.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03She's really enthusiastic about the recorder, which is really good
0:12:03 > 0:12:05because it gives me confidence.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15Because it is so underrated, I want to fly the flag, as it were,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19and show people that it is actually a proper instrument.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21You know, for people that do take it seriously,
0:12:21 > 0:12:22playing in schools,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24that have got classmates that play other instruments
0:12:24 > 0:12:27who say, "Well, it's not really a proper instrument, is it?"
0:12:27 > 0:12:31This will be an opportunity for them to say, "Well, actually, it is."
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Well, it's 12 years since a recorder player last reached
0:12:38 > 0:12:40this stage of BBC Young Musician.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Doing her bit to champion the recorder
0:12:43 > 0:12:46here's Charlotte Barbour-Condini, accompanied by Hristo Dushev.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49"I'm starting my programme with Trotto
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Which is a mediaeval dance.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55It would have originally been played by a travelling band,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57so Hristo and I have tried
0:12:57 > 0:12:59to recreate that atmosphere with percussion.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44APPLAUSE
0:16:46 > 0:16:48How refreshing to see a recorder player in this category,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53especially one as elegant and as mesmerising as Charlotte.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58I'm so intrigued by the sound she's making. It's so expressive.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59She is incredibly composed
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and seems to really be enjoying herself out there.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06APPLAUSE
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Following two pieces of early music,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Charlotte played two pieces by contemporary composers,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15including her finale music by German recorder virtuoso Hans-Martin Linde.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32'Music for a Bird is one of the more experimental pieces I've played.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37'It's trying to bring out bird song and it uses a lot of techniques that
0:20:37 > 0:20:41'you wouldn't usually use, such as singing down the recorder.'
0:20:41 > 0:20:44At first I was a bit self-conscious,
0:20:44 > 0:20:49but...it's quite fun after you get over that self consciousness.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36APPLAUSE
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Well, Charlotte's certainly getting the evening off to a great start,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45but what will the judges make of her performance?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55She drew us straightaway into this ethereal world in the Trotto
0:22:55 > 0:22:58at the very beginning and she never lost that really,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01this sense of control.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Charlotte, how did it feel out there?- Yeah, it felt very good.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05It's exciting, definitely.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10We were with her from the first note to the last note. It was just magic.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- Any moments you particularly enjoyed?- Er...I liked all of it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19So Charlotte sets a high standard for this woodwind final.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Waiting backstage, our next competitor
0:23:21 > 0:23:23clarinettist Jordan Black.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Jordan Black is from Swindon in Wiltshire,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40but this is a long way from where he spent his childhood.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I grew up in East Africa, in Kenya.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50I moved there when I was about two and we stayed there for ten years.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Jordan started playing the clarinet at school in Nairobi,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58when he was seven, but at the time had a different career in mind.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02I wanted to be a Masai when I was younger and I always wanted a spear,
0:24:02 > 0:24:07but I wasn't allowed one because it was just too dangerous,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10so I kind of gave up that ambition to be a Masai.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Thankfully he stuck with the clarinet.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17It was when Jordan started going to a school in Nairobi
0:24:17 > 0:24:21that his music teacher picked up on his musical ability.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Jordan had the chance to show how much he's progressed
0:24:26 > 0:24:28on a recent family holiday.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I went back to Kenya a few months ago.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35I went back and played at my old school
0:24:35 > 0:24:40in one of these big, Friday afternoon assemblies.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Some of the teachers are still at that old school,
0:24:43 > 0:24:48like the director of music who first introduced me to the clarinet.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50It was quite strange sitting back in the audience,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52but instead of having an eight-year-old perform,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55seeing him has an 18-year-old.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Jordan is now in his first year at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07The underlying atmosphere is that it's hard work working
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and you're all there to become the best musician you possibly can.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16There are plenty of musical opportunities available at the Academy
0:25:16 > 0:25:20and in the build up to the category final, Jordan has the chance to work
0:25:20 > 0:25:23on one of his competition pieces in a master class
0:25:23 > 0:25:27with Robert Plane, one of the country's leading clarinettists.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Nothing can really compare to experience
0:25:30 > 0:25:35and these gems of wisdom that, you know, people who are actually working
0:25:35 > 0:25:37in the profession can offer you.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41The air is travelling at an extraordinary velocity here.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Gra's a really dazzling virtuoso piece, but it's a real challenge
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and learning it is like putting together a puzzle.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51You get all the pieces perfectly formed
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and then you structure them together again.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56I think it's got huge potential as a competition piece.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It's really given me some ammunition to get
0:26:01 > 0:26:03to the next stage in the piece,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05so I think I'm going to really work on those things.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I thought it was very, very helpful.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Like all the competitors, Jordan is stacking up the practice hours
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and taking any opportunity to rehearse with his accompanist
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Daniel King Smith.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20It's really, really nice to have someone accompanying me
0:26:20 > 0:26:23who's been performing with me for quite a few years.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26He's seen me play well and play not so well.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30He knows, kind of, my weaknesses when I get nervous.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I can't really explain how important the role is of the accompanist.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37It's chamber music at the end of the day, when you have two people
0:26:37 > 0:26:43on the stage and that communication between those two is so important.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46The piece becomes the piece of music that the composer intended
0:26:46 > 0:26:51when you put the piano with it. It becomes a piece of music then.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53APPLAUSE
0:26:55 > 0:26:59So, here is Jordan Black with his accompanist, Daniel King Smith.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Tonight, I'm going to be starting with
0:27:06 > 0:27:09the first movement of the Brahms F Minor Sonata,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13the first of two sonatas he wrote for the clarinet,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and it's a very passionate piece,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20very expressive in areas, especially at the end.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It's almost quite reflective.
0:30:39 > 0:30:46APPLAUSE
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Jordan, moving on from Brahms now with a piece
0:30:54 > 0:30:56by leading American composer, Elliot Carter.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04It's called Gra, which literally translates to Game, in Polish.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07The important thing in this piece is to really get that sense of the game.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09There are different characters.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11There's a sort of expressive character.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Then there's a spikey, more rhythmic character.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I think the really important thing in this piece
0:31:16 > 0:31:19is to get the contrast between those two characters.
0:32:24 > 0:32:31APPLAUSE
0:32:31 > 0:32:34I think Jordan is a fantastic clarinettist.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38He's incredibly animated. To some, that might look like an affectation,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42but I think, with him, it's really that he's been moved by the music.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I think he's got incredibly impressive dynamic range,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47technically very, very assured,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50but also very musical, very lyrical, very exquisite,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53and we really saw the contrast between the Brahms
0:32:53 > 0:32:56and the Elliot Carter, all the things he's capable of.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01The final piece I'm going to play is The Carnival Of Venice,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03arranged by Giampieri.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07It's a set of variations on this really quite famous theme.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10You know, there have been lots of different arrangements
0:33:10 > 0:33:12for different instruments, but it's very playful,
0:33:12 > 0:33:18it's fun to play, and it's quite rapid in places, it really moves.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13APPLAUSE
0:38:13 > 0:38:16All in all, I think that was an absolutely terrific performance.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I REALLY enjoyed his playing. Hugely technically accomplished.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21I think he's coming off stage right now.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31What I really did like about him was his forte playing.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36The sound was really well rounded and very beautiful.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38And breathe... Oh, my goodness!
0:38:38 > 0:38:40That was absolutely sensational. How does it feel?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Oh, thank you. Oh, it was so exciting.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Pretty speechless at the moment, actually. We just had so much fun.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Jordan, a very fine clarinet player, and what fast finger work!
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I mean, I would love to know what he has for breakfast,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56because that was phenomenal!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02So, we've heard from two of our Woodwind Finalists.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Still to come: Flautist, Luke O'Toole,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07bassoonist, Charlotte Cox,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11and up next, the 17-year-old saxophonist, Lucinda Dunne.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Lucinda is the first of two woodwind finalists
0:39:24 > 0:39:27studying full-time at Chetham's School of Music.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Her instrument of choice - the saxophone.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37The sax is just, it's a cool instrument, isn't it?
0:39:37 > 0:39:44It can cover a lot of genres of music, like pop, jazz and classical.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47And I think that's what I really like about it.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Some people don't really think of it as a classical instrument, but it is.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It is in orchestral pieces,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55and there's a lot of concertos written for it.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57And it is a classical instrument.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Lucinda has been playing the Saxophone for less than 4 years,
0:40:05 > 0:40:10having started out on the piano then picking up the clarinet.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15I think piano is a great grounding
0:40:15 > 0:40:18when you come on to learning solo instruments.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20You've got such a broad understanding
0:40:20 > 0:40:23of how instruments are arranged, and so on.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27She took to the other instruments like a duck to water,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30because it's like one note at a time compared to on the piano,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33there's a lot more going on.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38It was suggested to us, actually through the piano teacher originally,
0:40:38 > 0:40:45that she might have a try of going to Chetham's School in Manchester.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Since starting at Chetham's,
0:40:47 > 0:40:52Lucinda has been able to satisfy her eclectic musical taste.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57As I'm like a classical player mainly, I particularly enjoy playing in the big band,
0:40:57 > 0:41:01because that's the main sort of jazz that I'm doing at the moment.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05It's such a good sound, and it's really exciting
0:41:05 > 0:41:08playing in a group where everyone else enjoys playing the jazz so much.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Yeah, music is really important to me now,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24because that's what I'm planning on doing in the future now,
0:41:24 > 0:41:28and I can't really imagine myself doing anything else.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Like, without it, I just don't know what I'd do.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36So, Lucinda's dedicated to a career in music,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39but given the sax's versatility,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42will she pick classical music, pop, of even jazz?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44As I'm going to music college next year,
0:41:44 > 0:41:50I think I'll discover more what sort of music I'm going to get into.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53I would like to play in pit orchestras, and musical theatre,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56and I think that would be something that I'd really enjoy doing.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01But for now thoughts of the future must wait,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Lucinda has her BBC Young Musician performance to prepare for,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07with teacher, Andrew Wilson.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13I've never played in a place as big as the hall in Cardiff.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17So, in the lesson today, Andy was explaining to me
0:42:17 > 0:42:19how you have to project so much more,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24and play so much bigger than you expect,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26because it's not going to carry as far
0:42:26 > 0:42:29if you play the same as you do in your practice room.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32OK, so now bring the volume down, but keep it vibrant like that.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36She has this wonderful way of playing and making you listen.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39And I always think it's a really good storyteller.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41It's not just the story, it's the way it's told,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43and it's the tone of the voice, as well.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46She really has quite an easy job in convincing people
0:42:46 > 0:42:48to really listen to her playing.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I'm excited about playing in Cardiff.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55And, of course, I'm a little bit nervous about it as well,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58but it's going to be good for me, to play in somewhere that big,
0:42:58 > 0:43:01if that's what I'm planning on doing when I'm older.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05APPLAUSE
0:43:05 > 0:43:08So, hoping to fill the hall with the sound of the saxophone,
0:43:08 > 0:43:09here's 17-year-old Lucinda Dunne,
0:43:09 > 0:43:13starting with a piece by Paule Maurice.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Le Tableaux de Provence was written by a female French composer
0:43:21 > 0:43:24when she was on holiday in Provence.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28And each of the movements represent a different activity,
0:43:28 > 0:43:31or thing, that they saw when they were on holiday there.
0:43:31 > 0:43:37There are a few technical challenges, like fast runs, and scalic passages,
0:43:37 > 0:43:40and, like, getting the atmosphere right for each movement,
0:43:40 > 0:43:43but I really enjoy playing all the movements together.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45It's a really good piece.
0:45:55 > 0:46:01Lucinda Dunne playing the 1st Movement of Paule Maurice's Tableaux De Provence.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05She also played two other movements from the piece including this, the 4th.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55After that a musical journey through Provence,
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Lucinda wrapped up her performance with a piece
0:47:58 > 0:48:02by Spanish saxophonist and composer Pedro Iturralde.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09The Pequena Czarda is a Spanish piece,
0:49:09 > 0:49:11but "czardas" is a Hungarian dance
0:49:11 > 0:49:15and this is the composer's take on this czardas.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23It's quite a showy-offy piece compared to the other one.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26It's got quite a lot of decorative bits
0:49:26 > 0:49:28and it goes between major and minor
0:49:28 > 0:49:32and there's slow passages and lots of quick passages as well.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01APPLAUSE
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Well, a couple of little slips at the end there
0:52:04 > 0:52:05but still a lovely performance.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Very shy in person, Lucinda, but not at all on the stage.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Very technically accomplished, she seemed to really enjoy herself
0:52:12 > 0:52:14and I think that people will be blown away
0:52:14 > 0:52:17by what the classical saxophone is capable of.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24I was a bit worried when I saw Lucinda's programme...
0:52:26 > 0:52:29..because, you know, it's a French piece and a Spanish piece,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31so all very Hispanic, but, actually,
0:52:31 > 0:52:33'she...she totally convinced me.'
0:52:33 > 0:52:34All done!
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I particularly enjoyed the slow movement of the Maurice.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Um...I thought she played some beautiful colours.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43- How are you feeling? - Oh, I'm exhausted!
0:52:43 > 0:52:46Oh, that was really good. I really enjoyed that.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53Next, Lucinda's schoolmate from Chetham's, Luke O'Toole.
0:53:02 > 0:53:0618-year-old flautist Luke has always wanted to be a professional musician.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09He started playing when he was eight years old
0:53:09 > 0:53:12and has been working towards his goal ever since.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16I started at Chetham's when I was 13,
0:53:16 > 0:53:20and, before that, I was at quite an academic school,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22so I didn't have much time to practise
0:53:22 > 0:53:25and so I thought Chetham's would just be a great place
0:53:25 > 0:53:27where I could just do music all the time with different musicians
0:53:27 > 0:53:29who are all like-minded.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35It definitely spurs me on when there's so many great players at this school.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38It really encourages you to practise hard
0:53:38 > 0:53:40and really become the best you can be,
0:53:40 > 0:53:42cos there's a lot of competition.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51Luke is taught by the Halle Orchestra's principal flautist, Katherine Baker.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59When I first met Luke, possibly you'd think he was quite a shy boy,
0:53:59 > 0:54:04quiet, um...but as soon as he starts playing,
0:54:04 > 0:54:09it was clear to me that he had the most phenomenal technique.
0:54:10 > 0:54:15I it find hard, still now, not to laugh in the lessons
0:54:15 > 0:54:17when he's zooming around the instrument.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25I think when I started playing the flute,
0:54:25 > 0:54:27I realised that I wanted to be a musician
0:54:27 > 0:54:30and so really I was determined right from the beginning.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33They used to give the kids a book to fill in with practice times.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37Of course, most kids didn't fill anything in.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38He used to go through book after book.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40They must have thought we were making it up,
0:54:40 > 0:54:45- but he used to practise of his own accord, um, day after day.- Mmm.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50Without pushing him and that - he did that himself, you know.
0:54:50 > 0:54:55Outside of school, Luke plays alongside the finest young musicians in the country
0:54:55 > 0:54:58in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
0:54:58 > 0:54:59where he's the Principal Flute.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03It's just such an incredible experience,
0:55:03 > 0:55:05working with amazing musicians,
0:55:05 > 0:55:07for example, Natalie Clein on cello,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10um...and really it's just an incredible experience
0:55:10 > 0:55:12to play with people who are really determined
0:55:12 > 0:55:14to get it to the highest standard possible.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Seeing that Natalie Clein's just done so amazingly well
0:55:17 > 0:55:18from winning BBC Young Musician,
0:55:18 > 0:55:23it just shows really what's out there and what opportunities
0:55:23 > 0:55:26you can take if you really work hard
0:55:26 > 0:55:28and try and achieve to get them.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33So he's sort of gone back...
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Luke lives at school during the week but at weekends
0:55:39 > 0:55:42goes home to spend time with his family near Orsmkirk in Lancashire,
0:55:42 > 0:55:46but flute practice is never far from his thoughts.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Sometimes I do go to the pool club in the local town
0:55:51 > 0:55:54with my brother, Rob,
0:55:54 > 0:55:57and we play a bit of pool or snooker there just to chill out, really.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01But I do practise quite a lot at weekends,
0:56:01 > 0:56:03but I feel more relaxed cos I'm at home
0:56:03 > 0:56:05and so, in a way, I can get a lot more done.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09For the category final, I've really had to up my game
0:56:09 > 0:56:11and I've really started practising a lot more
0:56:11 > 0:56:15and I think just sort of making myself really disciplined each day
0:56:15 > 0:56:17and making sure that I get the practice done.
0:56:19 > 0:56:20I'm a bit nervous,
0:56:20 > 0:56:22but I'm generally just excited
0:56:22 > 0:56:25and looking forward to giving my best, really.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31And Luke going on...
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Well, it's time to see if all that practice has paid off -
0:56:34 > 0:56:36here's Luke O'Toole.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37APPLAUSE
0:56:37 > 0:56:42My first piece is the 1st Movement of Burton's Sonatina for Flute and Piano.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46It's a really fun piece and I think it's a great opening piece.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47It's not too technical,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50it's mainly just trying to bring the melody across
0:56:50 > 0:56:51which is the hardest thing.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11APPLAUSE
1:00:11 > 1:00:14Luke O'Toole's clearly a terrific flautist.
1:00:14 > 1:00:16I cannot believe how strong this category is.
1:00:16 > 1:00:18Every time you think, "Wow!" someone else comes along
1:00:18 > 1:00:19and really blows your mind.
1:00:27 > 1:00:29Next, Luke takes us back to the Baroque era
1:00:29 > 1:00:31with a beautiful Bach sonata.
1:04:10 > 1:04:12APPLAUSE
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Luke O'Toole playing the 3rd Movement of Bach's Sonata in E Minor.
1:04:17 > 1:04:21My final piece is Taffanel's Fantaisie Sur Le 'Freischutz'.
1:04:24 > 1:04:28It's really just basically a big, grand virtuoso piece.
1:04:30 > 1:04:32There's lots of lovely melodies as well as virtuosic passages,
1:04:32 > 1:04:34so it's really fun to play.
1:06:41 > 1:06:43APPLAUSE
1:06:44 > 1:06:48Well, what an absolutely dazzling way to end a programme.
1:06:48 > 1:06:50We saw a flautist win this category two years ago.
1:06:50 > 1:06:53I wonder if we're about to see it happen all over again. It's very close to call.
1:06:53 > 1:06:56This has been one of the strongest category finals I remember,
1:06:56 > 1:06:59but certainly Luke O'Toole a fantastic addition to it.
1:07:04 > 1:07:06I love the way he looks out at the audience.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09It really engages everybody while he's playing,
1:07:09 > 1:07:11even when playing millions of notes a second,
1:07:11 > 1:07:13so very impressive player.
1:07:13 > 1:07:15I just can't believe it's over really,
1:07:15 > 1:07:18just preparing so much and now it's just gone over in a flash.
1:07:18 > 1:07:20I thought it was a fantastic programme
1:07:20 > 1:07:22and he played it with great panache and control,
1:07:22 > 1:07:24fantastic finger dexterity there,
1:07:24 > 1:07:27very fluid across the entire instrument.
1:07:27 > 1:07:31It was just amazing. It was a great experience. I'll never forget it.
1:07:34 > 1:07:36Well, this is such a strong category
1:07:36 > 1:07:38and Luke is going to be a tough act to follow.
1:07:38 > 1:07:42Time now for our final competitor - bassoonist Charlotte Cox.
1:07:53 > 1:07:5518-year-old Charlotte grew up in Guildford in Surrey -
1:07:55 > 1:07:58the eldest of four musical siblings.
1:07:58 > 1:08:02Everyone's all very musical - my brother who plays violin,
1:08:02 > 1:08:06my sister's at Guildhall doing oboe and plays the piano,
1:08:06 > 1:08:10and then my younger sister is doing Royal Ballet.
1:08:10 > 1:08:14She also plays the violin as well.
1:08:14 > 1:08:18Like lots of woodwind players, Charlotte started out on the recorder
1:08:18 > 1:08:22but she struggled to find the right environment to develop as a musician.
1:08:22 > 1:08:27When I was about 13, um, and I'd already been to two secondary schools in Guildford,
1:08:27 > 1:08:32which were, um, not really my type - I didn't really fit in with any of the cliques.
1:08:32 > 1:08:35She'd struggled in local schools
1:08:35 > 1:08:39because being a musician was different
1:08:39 > 1:08:42and being different, as a young teenager, wasn't good.
1:08:42 > 1:08:44No-one really took my music seriously
1:08:44 > 1:08:47and obviously playing recorder is...
1:08:47 > 1:08:49It's not really one of the cool things to do.
1:08:49 > 1:08:54This a child who stood up at school and played a descant recorder
1:08:54 > 1:08:55with all her peers there
1:08:55 > 1:08:58because she felt so passionately about it.
1:09:00 > 1:09:05Charlotte auditioned for the Purcell School of Music,
1:09:05 > 1:09:08a move that would change her life.
1:09:08 > 1:09:09At Purcell, it's like...
1:09:09 > 1:09:12There's like no cliques, like, everyone fits in -
1:09:12 > 1:09:16probably the weirder you are, the cooler you are, really.
1:09:16 > 1:09:19I just became who I am now,
1:09:19 > 1:09:21like, my character and personality.
1:09:21 > 1:09:27I was able to flourish and really be what I wanted to be, I think.
1:09:29 > 1:09:33Charlotte is now a first-year student at the Royal College of Music in London.
1:09:37 > 1:09:41The Royal College Of Music just seemed like the perfect transition from Purcell.
1:09:41 > 1:09:46It's a really lovely atmosphere, really good woodwind department.
1:09:48 > 1:09:52Obviously, I was drawn there because of Julie, um...
1:09:52 > 1:09:55who I really wanted to learn with.
1:09:55 > 1:09:58Julie Price is herself a previous woodwind finalist
1:09:58 > 1:09:59in BBC Young Musician,
1:09:59 > 1:10:02her experience proving invaluable
1:10:02 > 1:10:05in helping Charlotte prepare for the competition.
1:10:05 > 1:10:10With Charlotte, what we need to do is work on the expressive side
1:10:10 > 1:10:14of the playing, because that's what she's more afraid to do.
1:10:14 > 1:10:16We work a lot about breathing
1:10:16 > 1:10:19because I think if you get the breathing right,
1:10:19 > 1:10:21then your sound is going to be good
1:10:21 > 1:10:23and if you feel you're making a good sound,
1:10:23 > 1:10:26then you can find the extremes of the emotional spectrum
1:10:26 > 1:10:29I think that she particularly needs to do.
1:10:29 > 1:10:33- Stop. Release the tension here. - Yeah.
1:10:35 > 1:10:38The repertoire for bassoon is very limited,
1:10:38 > 1:10:41so it's even more important to pick
1:10:41 > 1:10:44the best programme you can get out of the repertoire you've got,
1:10:44 > 1:10:48showing something unique about your personality and about the instrument.
1:10:49 > 1:10:54Julie's much more focused on sound quality and musicality
1:10:54 > 1:10:57and not so much on the fast technical stuff.
1:10:57 > 1:11:00I quite like the fast pieces!
1:11:00 > 1:11:01I think they're quite fun.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10I think you have to be quite arrogant on stage.
1:11:10 > 1:11:13You have to have quite a lot of confidence
1:11:13 > 1:11:15to be able to sacrifice all your feelings
1:11:15 > 1:11:17in front of everyone in the audience.
1:11:17 > 1:11:19It's quite nerve-racking,
1:11:19 > 1:11:22but I suppose, when you get on stage and you're playing,
1:11:22 > 1:11:23it kind of all goes away.
1:11:25 > 1:11:27Charlotte. And Charlotte going on.
1:11:27 > 1:11:31APPLAUSE
1:11:31 > 1:11:34Well, hoping to keep the nerves at bay in order to impress the judges, here's Charlotte.
1:11:34 > 1:11:37Her programme takes us on a musical journey
1:11:37 > 1:11:42with pieces by Polish, German, French and Russian composers, but she begins in Italy.
1:11:44 > 1:11:48'I'm starting with a Marcello sonata which is actually for the cello,'
1:11:48 > 1:11:52which is seriously demanding cos obviously it's for cello,
1:11:52 > 1:11:54so there's no spaces to breathe or anything,
1:11:54 > 1:11:56but it's a nice piece.
1:14:11 > 1:14:13APPLAUSE
1:14:17 > 1:14:19Next, we head to Poland.
1:14:21 > 1:14:24I'm doing a piece by Tansman, Tansman's Sonatine.
1:14:24 > 1:14:26I'm just doing the 1st Movement of that,
1:14:26 > 1:14:31which is one of my all-time favourite pieces for bassoon.
1:14:31 > 1:14:35It's very exciting and energetic and very enjoyable to play, I think.
1:17:00 > 1:17:01APPLAUSE
1:17:01 > 1:17:07The 1st Movement of Sonatine by the Polish composer Alexandre Tansman.
1:17:07 > 1:17:09Next, from Charlotte's diverse repertoire,
1:17:09 > 1:17:13the music of a German composer, Carl Maria von Weber.
1:18:52 > 1:18:57That's Charlotte playing the 2nd Movement of Weber's Concerto in F Major,
1:18:57 > 1:19:01she also played French composer Marcel Bitsch's Concertino
1:19:01 > 1:19:03and ended her 20-minute recital
1:19:03 > 1:19:06with a bit of a popular classic from Russia.
1:19:06 > 1:19:10My last piece is Flight Of The Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov,
1:19:10 > 1:19:13which I thought is quite a nice end to a programme
1:19:13 > 1:19:16and it shows my character, I think.
1:19:16 > 1:19:19It's very full-on and quite technically challenging,
1:19:19 > 1:19:21but hopefully I'll pull it off.
1:20:46 > 1:20:47APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
1:20:50 > 1:20:53Well, the audience obviously enjoyed Charlotte's performance
1:20:53 > 1:20:55but what did the judges make of it?
1:20:59 > 1:21:04It's a bold thing to do, to choose lots of very different short pieces.
1:21:04 > 1:21:06For me, there were many discoveries there.
1:21:10 > 1:21:13A sound like velvet and cocoa.
1:21:13 > 1:21:16I mean, it's just such a beautiful beautifully rich sound.
1:21:16 > 1:21:19How are you feeling? It was such a fantastic performance.
1:21:19 > 1:21:21Er, really happy with it.
1:21:21 > 1:21:22Um, I got through it!
1:21:23 > 1:21:28She took on a lot of styles and was very accomplished indeed.
1:21:29 > 1:21:31Well, there you have it -
1:21:31 > 1:21:33five really impressive woodwind performances
1:21:33 > 1:21:36but only one is going through to the semifinal.
1:21:36 > 1:21:38I think it's going to be a tough one to call,
1:21:38 > 1:21:41but, luckily, I don't have to make the decision. It's over to the jury.
1:21:44 > 1:21:46Making that tough decision
1:21:46 > 1:21:48are internationally-renowned clarinettist...
1:22:01 > 1:22:04I think that was some final tonight, I have to say,
1:22:04 > 1:22:09and great to have, firstly, five different instruments represented
1:22:09 > 1:22:12and some instruments that you wouldn't normally expect to see.
1:22:15 > 1:22:18It started off with Charlotte. I was really impressed
1:22:18 > 1:22:22that she'd managed to find such a diverse programme for an instrument
1:22:22 > 1:22:25- that is not exactly blessed in repertoire terms.- No.
1:22:28 > 1:22:32- We were really in medieval times, weren't we?- Absolutely.
1:22:32 > 1:22:34She drew us all in. It was very ethereal, her sound.
1:22:34 > 1:22:38She captivated the audience straightaway. She never lost that.
1:22:38 > 1:22:40Then we had Jordan Black.
1:22:45 > 1:22:47I think, again, a very, very good programme,
1:22:47 > 1:22:49a very well-balanced programme.
1:22:49 > 1:22:51Started off with the Brahms,
1:22:51 > 1:22:52maybe the Apassionata,
1:22:52 > 1:22:56that's part of the direction at the beginning of the movement,
1:22:56 > 1:22:58I don't know, wasn't quite there maybe.
1:22:58 > 1:23:03- But what fast playing!- Amazing! - Oh, gosh, the Carnival of Venice
1:23:03 > 1:23:06was some feat, I must say. It was terrific.
1:23:09 > 1:23:11Lucida Dunne, saxophone.
1:23:14 > 1:23:17Again, an instrument that one doesn't expect to see
1:23:17 > 1:23:19at this stage and difficult, really,
1:23:19 > 1:23:22in terms of where she can draw her repertoire from
1:23:22 > 1:23:27to give a lot of variety, you know, did very, very well.
1:23:27 > 1:23:29- I think...- Yes.- There was some beautiful playing in there.
1:23:29 > 1:23:33She made some gorgeous, warm, richer, louder...
1:23:33 > 1:23:36Yes, I loved the really passionate playing
1:23:36 > 1:23:39at the top of her range - it really was exciting
1:23:39 > 1:23:42to be in the hall with that going on, wasn't it?
1:23:42 > 1:23:45And then we had the flautist Luke O'Toole.
1:23:48 > 1:23:52Wonderful control. Again, lovely, lovely long phrases
1:23:52 > 1:23:55and great simplicity in the Bach, which I really wanted.
1:23:55 > 1:23:58He's got such maturity and poise in his playing already.
1:23:58 > 1:24:00So much potential there.
1:24:00 > 1:24:03I think occasionally that he could have used...
1:24:03 > 1:24:08- varied the vibrato and tonal colours a little bit more perhaps.- Yeah.
1:24:08 > 1:24:11And Charlotte Cox, bassoonist.
1:24:15 > 1:24:18Charlotte gave us, I think, what, some programme!
1:24:18 > 1:24:24- That was... Talk about cramming... - Yeah.- ..so many styles and, er...
1:24:24 > 1:24:26It was a really big, big programme.
1:24:26 > 1:24:30- It seemed as though it was HER voice, didn't it? - Yeah, very much so.
1:24:30 > 1:24:34And this wonderful rich sound.
1:24:35 > 1:24:37I think we have a difficult decision to make.
1:24:44 > 1:24:46So the jury now have to pick a winner.
1:24:46 > 1:24:49For the parents, though, they're all winners already.
1:24:49 > 1:24:52Absolutely amazing. I cried.
1:24:52 > 1:24:54She did herself proud, I think.
1:24:54 > 1:24:58- She gave it everything and we were very proud of her.- Yeah.
1:24:58 > 1:24:59Fantastic.
1:24:59 > 1:25:02Listening to my daughter, first of all, was very nerve-racking.
1:25:02 > 1:25:05In fact, I don't think I heard most of it, I was shaking so much!
1:25:05 > 1:25:08It was great to see Jordan on form and we just loved...
1:25:08 > 1:25:11We just felt really proud of him tonight, so we're thrilled for him.
1:25:12 > 1:25:15But who are the audience's favourites.
1:25:15 > 1:25:19- Bassoonist.- I think the flautist. - The flautist, yes.- Definitely.
1:25:19 > 1:25:22Being a flautist, I thought the flautist was fantastic,
1:25:22 > 1:25:26but also the young girl who played recorder was pretty fantastic,
1:25:26 > 1:25:28I thought, as well.
1:25:28 > 1:25:29I actually can't pick a winner.
1:25:29 > 1:25:31It was brilliant, really good standard.
1:25:32 > 1:25:34Got five very anxious young people waiting backstage.
1:25:34 > 1:25:39Of course, only one of them is going through to the BBC Young Musician semifinal,
1:25:39 > 1:25:46and to tell us who that is, here's jury member and former Young Musician Emma Johnson.
1:25:46 > 1:25:49Well, this has been an incredible evening.
1:25:49 > 1:25:57I can't remember a final when I've heard such variety and such wonderful music-making.
1:25:57 > 1:26:02We have one musician who we thought stood out.
1:26:03 > 1:26:06The winner of the BBC Young Musician 2012
1:26:06 > 1:26:10woodwind category final is...
1:26:10 > 1:26:14Charlotte Barbour-Condini.
1:26:15 > 1:26:16RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE
1:26:21 > 1:26:24And what an amazing reaction in the hall.
1:26:24 > 1:26:28History being made - the first time a recorder has ever won
1:26:28 > 1:26:31the woodwind category of BBC Young Musician.
1:26:33 > 1:26:34It was a tough decision.
1:26:34 > 1:26:37The standard was incredibly high.
1:26:37 > 1:26:40Recorder players of the world rejoice!
1:26:40 > 1:26:44What a wonderful thing. Congratulations. How does it feel?
1:26:44 > 1:26:45Er, I'm very shocked, yeah.
1:26:45 > 1:26:48I'm very happy.
1:26:48 > 1:26:52She has such poise, such presence, and captivated us from the very first note.
1:26:52 > 1:26:55She kind of teases your ear with the way she plays phrases
1:26:55 > 1:26:58and you wonder what she's going to do next,
1:26:58 > 1:27:02as though she's telling you a story and that's quite a rare gift.
1:27:02 > 1:27:06The judges said that you really stood out. How does that feel?
1:27:06 > 1:27:09Er... Er...I don't know.
1:27:09 > 1:27:11Um...surprising.
1:27:11 > 1:27:13Well, we'll let you go and embrace your family
1:27:13 > 1:27:16- and celebrate this amazing moment. Congratulations.- Thank you.
1:27:16 > 1:27:19APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
1:27:28 > 1:27:31Well done, sweetheart. Congratulations.
1:27:31 > 1:27:35You deserve it, you deserve it, you deserve it. Well done.
1:27:38 > 1:27:40What an emotional night.
1:27:40 > 1:27:42Huge congratulations to Charlotte
1:27:42 > 1:27:45who we'll be hearing from a week tomorrow,
1:27:45 > 1:27:49when coverage of BBC Young Musician 2012 switches to BBC2 for the semifinal.
1:27:49 > 1:27:53In the meantime, you can join me here again on BBC4 next Friday
1:27:53 > 1:27:56when the last of our precious semifinal spots
1:27:56 > 1:28:00will be taken by one of five talented young percussionists.
1:28:00 > 1:28:03Here's a little look at the treats we've got in store.
1:28:03 > 1:28:06Playing that first note is always the hardest moment.
1:28:06 > 1:28:09I can't wait to show what I can do.
1:28:09 > 1:28:11I'm feeling excited about it now.
1:28:11 > 1:28:13Just to win it would be amazing.
1:28:13 > 1:28:16Go and have a laugh, enjoy it and I think that's what I'm going to do.
1:28:18 > 1:28:21I absolutely loved it, complete control, very impressive.
1:28:21 > 1:28:25Really lively - very, very energetic performance.
1:28:25 > 1:28:27A touch of class, no doubt about it.
1:28:27 > 1:28:30Quite spectacular, just something else.
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