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8 April 2016, 16:45 | Updated: 8 April 2016, 16:47
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – our Orchestra of Teenagers – took over the Southbank Centre and sprung some Stravinsky on an unsuspecting crowd.
With a day of rehearsals, informal performances and lots of NYO-emblazoned purple hoodies.
Here’s a clip from Lauren Marshall’s As we unravel together
And discovered an amazing work by Michael Daugherty called Fire and Blood.
Fire and Blood by Michael Daugherty performed by the NYOGB wit...Some ridiculously epic music-making from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain this afternoon…Watch the whole performance this evening, live-streamed from 7.30pm https://www.youtube.com/user/SouthbankCentre/live
Posted by Classic FM on Friday, 8 April 2016
This wonderful piece of flashmobbery, when players from the NYOGB sprung Stravinsky on the afternoon crowd at the Southbank Centre.
Stravinsky's Firebird at the Royal Festival HallThis is amazing - walking INSIDE an orchestra as they thunder out Stravinsky's Firebird!Bravo to the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain!
Posted by Classic FM on Friday, 8 April 2016
The whole thing will be live streamed here, from 7.30pm:
The final concerts in the NYO of GB's Spring tour are this Saturday, at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall, and this Sunday, at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall