Instruments of the Orchestra

One of Benjamin Britten’s best-known pieces, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, was composed for this film.

One of Benjamin Britten’s best-known pieces, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, was composed for this film. Sir Malcolm Sargent presents, conducts and comments on the performance of the different instruments of the London Symphony Orchestra.

This government film is a public record, preserved and presented by the BFI National Archive on behalf of The National Archives, home to more than 1,000 years of British history.