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Ukuleles to play Beethoven at the proms

The unlikely sound of ukuleles will take over one of Britain’s largest classical musical festivals this summer, with an orchestra of the stringed instruments performing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in a play-along special.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) will perform in tuxedos on a stage usually reserved for the world’s greatest symphony musicians, according to Reuters.

They are calling on other ukelele players to come to the concert and play along in a performance likely to be more reminiscent of George Formby than Beethoven.

The audience can look forward to “an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and singing (and a bit of whistling),” the UOGB said on its website.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .