Percussion

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Episode 5 of 7, BBC Young Musician, 2010

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Clemency Burton-Hill introduces BBC Young Musician 2010. Over 300 of the UK's best young musicians entered this year's competition and just 25 were chosen to go through to the five category finals - brass, keyboard, strings, woodwind and percussion.

Five young percussionists from Northampton, Cambridge, Manchester, Leicestershire and Hong Kong compete for the title of category winner and the one remaining place in the competition semi-final. Expect tension, drama and some exceptional performances of music by Zappa, Corea and Zivcovic.

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