In order to show you how a big symphony orchestra is put together, Benjamin Britten has written a big piece of music, which is made up of smaller pieces that show you all the separate parts of the orchestra. These smaller pieces are called variations, which means different ways of playing the same tune. First of all, he lets us hear the tune or the theme, which is a beautiful melody by the much older British composer Henry Purcell. Here is Purcell's theme played by the whole orchestra together.
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Now, Mr. Britten lets you hear the four different families of the orchestra playing the same Purcell theme in different ways. First, we hear the woodwind family. The flutes, the oboes, the clarinets and the bassoons.
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Here comes the brass family. The trumpets, the horns, the trombones and the tubas.
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Chickchaw territory.
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There are no paved roads, but...
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The year is 1965.
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Here comes Jed with the mail. But instead many miles of intersecting footpaths and dirt trails, and a ferry that runs twice daily from Stone Cove.
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And finally the percussion family, all those drums and gongs and things you hit.
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Morning, Gadge. Morning, sir.
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Hello, Diane. Becky, I have your person-to-person from Chesterfield Hold the line, please.
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You have your orders. Use the orienteering and path-finding skills that you've been practicing all summer. Let's find our man, bring him safely back to camp. Remember, this isn't just a search party, it's a chance to do some first class Scouting. Any questions? Lazy-Eye? What's your real job, sir? - I'm a math teacher. Why? - What grade? - Eighth. - You need a PhD for that? Lazy-Eye, no, but you know what, we're actually in the middle of something here, in case you didn't notice. One of our Scouts is missing and that's a crisis. Anybody else? Redford? What if he resists? - Who? - Shakusky. Are we allowed to use force on him? No, you're not. This is a non-violent, rescue operation. Your mission is to find him, not to hurt him under any circumstances. Am I making myself understood? - Yes. - Good.
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He's emotionally disturbed.
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I heard he never had any family in the first place. That's probably why he's crazy. I'll tell you one thing, if we find him, I'm not going to be the one who forgot to bring a weapon. Me, neither.
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I got hit in the mirror. Really, how did that happen?