How do 60 individual violins, violas, cellos and basses transform into the lush sound of an orchestral string section? Who do they follow? What makes them all move together? Find out all of their secrets in this film.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 – The bedrock of the orchestral sound

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, L. 91
I. Nuages

02:04 – Seating arrangement

03:37 – The late Classical period

MOZART
Salzburg Symphony No. 1 (Divertimento in D major, K. 136)
I. Allegro

06:36 – The Romantic period

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
I. Adagio molto — Allegro con brio

07:58 – The cellos and double basses become more independent of each other

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) in B minor, D 759
I. Allegro moderato

10:51 – Late Romantic composers

DEBUSSY
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86

13:04 – At the other end of the emotional scale

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) in B minor, Op. 74
I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo

14:45 – The heel of the bow

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35
II. The Kalandar Prince

15:56 – Tremolo

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35
II. The Kalandar Prince

17:13 – Pizzicato

ROSSINI
L'Italiana in Algeri
Overture

18:09 – Fast pizzicato

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato — Allegro

18:57 – A wonderful array of colours and sounds

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35
IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman

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