Maybe they were put off when they were given a saxophone without a mouthpiece. Years of practice and still just a humble squeak.

It's good to be back in the Royal Albert Hall! Here is the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by @Oramsa performing Beethoven's Eroica on the First Night of the Proms. Watch the concert in full on BBC iPlayer or listen on BBC Sounds

‘Its serene loveliness is completely satisfying in these times and shows, as only music can, what we must work for when this madness is over’ (Adrian Boult) Sir Simon Rattle conducts the @LondonSymphony in Vaughan Williams’s Fifth Symphony.

Here's 'Fantasy on Odessa Bulgar', based on a traditional Klezmer tune and composed by BBC NOW's very own Lenny Sayers 🎶 Performed by the Clarinettists of BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW and BBC Concert Orchestra 👏 All part of BBC Radio 3's #BBCInstrumentalSessions 🎵

The sun DID shine and we played loudly for the politicians in the hope they hear us . Let Music Live

Next up in the #BBCInstrumentalSessions series are the BBC oboes, with an exquisite recording of ‘Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring’ by #Bach 🎶 Performed by Oboists from BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus BBC Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra BBC NOW and arranged by @lenny_sayers. Enjoy!👏 BBC Radio 3

I miss playing in ensembles so much :( can’t wait till I can play with my lovely quintet again

I miss playing in an orchestra so much 😢 I’d even play Vaughan Williams 4 at this point

Need cheer? Here’s Jon Snow showing why he’s the perfect ‘anchor’ for Sea Shanty Tik Tok.. Channel 4 News

Started going running listening to classical music and listening to 1812 while you’re running is strangely incredibly empowering

I’ve had the most wonderful second placement school for my PGCE and I’m devastated to be leaving, I love it and all of the staff so much 😞

The soundtrack for Chicken Run is very underrated

So happy to have got a letter of commendation from Uni for being in the top percentile for academic achievement this year 🥰 finally an over achiever 😂

Such a lot of information to take in, but so happy to have started my new job with such a fantastic, supportive team of staff 🥰 excited to start teaching next week

.@thefulltoneorch presents a spectacular evening of Karl Jenkins' work 'Symphonic Adiemus' this February and March🎶. With fifty top musicians and a hundred singers, this will be an evening of total musical magnitude! 🎟️: bit.ly/3XvjcY9

Show starts tomorrow! Currently working through my difficult page turns (which there seems to be a lot of) ahead of the first night tomorrow! Very excited and so proud 🥰

Just enrolled on my MA in Education course at USW, very excited!!

Bradley Cooper is utterly fantastic in Maestro, brilliant accurate performance

Had an absolutely FANTASTIC time conducting this show for my wonderful school show last week. So incredibly proud of each and every student and to work in such an amazing department with inspirational women. Also a huge thank you to the best band I could’ve asked for! Brilliant🤩