' The recording van visits Wiltshire' Here is another interesting programme based on a visit to Wiltshire of the van in search of amateur music-making. Recorded music brought back from Wiltshire, some of which you will hear this evening, covered a variety of styles, ranging from groups of recorders to a performance of a Beethoven symphony and works for chorus and orchestra, all of which were played by amateurs.
In one village there was an orchestra of over forty players, the personnel of which included the village blacksmith and a woman double-bass player.