BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – AULD LANG SYNE
Spitfire Audio’s BBC Symphony Orchestra puts the sound of one of Britain’s great ensembles in a composer’s hands. WithFeeling wrote and produced this arrangement of Auld Lang Syne with it, a two-minute piece set against the landscapes of Scotland, from the cliffs of Skye to Eilean Donan.
THE CHALLENGE
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is one of Britain’s most celebrated ensembles, the beating heart of the BBC Proms and a guardian of orchestral music for the nation. The challenge of working with the sound of musicians of this calibre is doing the moment justice: a treatment of a piece as beloved as Auld Lang Syne that feels fresh and moving, honouring tradition while letting world-class artistry shine.
THE APPROACH
We treated the tune with restraint: a slow build from single lines to full orchestra, letting the strings, brass and woodwind carry a melody most people know by heart, voiced and balanced so it sounds performed rather than programmed.
THE RESULT
A piece that honours the song and shows what the library can do in the right hands, and a clear demonstration of how WithFeeling writes for orchestra.
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