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15/04/2007

Series that follows six public figures as they pursue their dreams of becoming musicians. Fertility expert Lord Robert Winston attempts to master the saxophone.

Series that follows the trials and tribulations of six public figures as they pursue their dreams of becoming musicians. In this edition, Lord Robert Winston attempts to master the saxophone.

Lord Winston hasn鈥檛 played a musical instrument since he was eleven, when he managed a few nursery rhymes on the recorder. Despite being a musical novice he鈥檚 determined to master the skills of this instrument and is prepared to see whether, after a few month鈥檚 hard graft, he is up to playing in front of a full house at the Royal Albert Hall. Tutored by top saxophonist John Harle, Robert faces a range of challenges from busking and playing in a nightclub, to performing with the National Saxophone Choir. But nothing compares to a full house at the Albert Hall where he is due to play the challenging sax solo in an adaptation of Russian composer Mussorgsky鈥檚 famous piece Pictures At An Exhibition. Even with advice from Sir John Dankworth and Courtney Pine, can he pull it off?

1 hour

Last on

Sun 15 Apr 2007 20:00

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  • Sun 15 Apr 2007 20:00