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What's it like to lead an orchestra? Lucy Gould played principal violin with Britten Sinfonia for the recording of David Horne's Emerging Dances.

She explains what this role involves, how she prepares for concerts and how she began playing the violin in the first place.

Lucy Gould describes the methods she uses to stay fit to play in the sometimes-stressful live environment

Violinist Lucy Gould talks about her early attempts at getting to grips with her instument

A look at the hazards potentially involved with taking up the violin – and what can be done to avoid them

Lucy Gould explains some of the delights she finds in playing chamber music and some of the subtleties it demands from her

Lucy Gould recalls how she learnt the essential skills of violin-playing, including how to hold the violin and the bow, and how to use vibrato.

Lucy explains how starting to learn the violin was not always easy and talks about her life and career as a professional musician.

The violin: how it is made, who plays it, what it sounds like and a look at the bow