Ten Pieces

Ten Pieces is a music education scheme created by journalist Katy Jones for BBC Music which began with a namesake film hosted by Barney Harwood (and other BBC celebrities) created for CBBC that originally aired on 3 October 2014. The film serves as an introduction to classical music for children and is, in that respect, similar to the Fantasia films (even including some of the pieces that were featured in them). But unlike Fantasia, the music is set to a live BBC National Orchestra of Wales rather than animation.

Program

Primary

• Mars by Gustav Holst, hosted by Dick and Dom
• In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg, hosted by Dan Starkey
• Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, hosted by Dan Starkey
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, hosted by Khalil Madovi
• "Storm" from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, hosted by The Dumping Ground's Leanne Dunstan and Sarah Rayson
• Symphony No. 5 (first movement) by Ludwig van Beethoven, hosted by Barney Harwood
• Horn Concerto No. 4 (third movement) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, hosted by Katy B
• Zadok the Priest by George Frideric Handel, hosted by Laura Mvula
• Connect It, original body percussion piece created and hosted by Anna Meredith with Dev Griffin. Choreographed by David Ogle
• The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky, hosted by Claudia Winkleman

Proms version

A Ten Pieces Prom was performed in early July 2015 and was broadcast on CBBC as "CBBC @ the Ten Pieces Prom" on 2 August 2015. Barney, Dan and Dick & Dom were the only celebrities from the film to appear in the prom version with Friday Download's Molly Rainford as the only new celebrity to host the prom alongside them.

• Mars
• Symphony No. 5
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine
• "Storm"' from Peter Grimes - dance performed by the boys of St. Joseph's College, Ipswich
• Zadok the Priest - choir performed by the Ten Pieces Children's Choir.
• Connect It
• Night on Bald Mountain
• Horn Concerto No. 4
• Volcano, Equinox and 6/Ten Pieces New pieces created exclusively for the Prom by (in order) Chase Bridge Primary School, Twickenham, St. Mary's Primary School, Maguiresbridge and Withycombe Raleigh Primary School, Exmouth.
• In the Hall of the Mountain King
• The Firebird Suite

Secondary

BBC announced a sequel to Ten Pieces to be used for secondary schools. Called Ten Pieces II, the sequel is aimed at teenagers. The film itself first aired on 26 December 2015. This time, it was hosted by BBC Radio 1's Clara Amfo, with the music composed by the BBC Philharmonic and is dedicated to Katy Jones who died of a brain haemorrhage.

• Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner, hosted by Christopher Eccleston
• Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (fifth movement), hosted by Clara Amfo with composer Gabriel Prokofiev.
• Carmen Suite (Habanera and Toreador Song) by Georges Bizet, hosted by Naomi Wilkinson and Bobby Lockwood
• Trumpet Concerto (third movement) by Joseph Haydn, hosted by Dion Dublin
• Symphony No. 10 (second movement) by Dmitri Shostakovich, hosted by Lemn Sissay
• Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, hosted by James May with Wayne Marshall.
• The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, hosted by Molly Rainford
• Night Ferry by Anna Clyne, hosted by Doc Brown
• Requiem - Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi, hosted by Vikki Stone
• Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Mambo) by Leonard Bernstein, hosted by Pixie Lott

External links

• Official website