The 11-piece orchestra, formed in Vienna, Austria, in 1998, has performed a total of 344 concerts using specially-made instruments, such as a carrot recorder, a cucumberphone, radish bass flute ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

Listen to the cymbals in an extract from Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Duration: 0:27 Listen to the double bass section. Listen to the ...