The great big musical mash-up

Are this lot the future of orchestras? Ed Pilkington dusts off his violin, heads for his spare room - and joins in the auditions for the YouTube Symphony OrchestraI am auditioning for an orchestra. The piece I'm playing has a celebratory feel, with a punchy finale. But, despite six weeks of practising, my violin is screeching like the soundtrack to the shower scene in Psycho. I'm also struggling to keep time. The conductor, Tan Dun, composer of the music to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is wav...

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