Hold it Down Productions have launched an attempt to break a world record for the largest orchestra. Together with conductor Charles Hazlewood and composer Tom Basset, the Worlds Largest Orchestra will play at the LG Arena on 24 October in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

At 12 minutes long, the piece entitled “Dawn to Dusk”, is one of the largest orchestrated pieces in history. The aim is to gather 7,000 musicians of all standards, involving all instruments, in order to break the current record which sits with over 6,000 musicians, set in May 2000 by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

If you’d like to be involved in this ridiculously huge event, take a look around their website for further information and register yourself as part of the orchestra.

Cheers to Richard Hawley for flagging this up.

After their 40th anniversary last year, Ex Cathedra are continuing their success into 2010/11. Their dairy for the next few months looks pretty packed, have a browse through this season’s brochure to see if anything suits you.

Here’s a couple of things they’ve got going coming up;

3 September: Tallis’s Spem in alium and Alec Roth’s life-affirming 40 part Earthrise commissioned for last seasons anniversary, will be premiered at the Royal Opera House, London as part of the Deloitte Ignite Festival curated by Joanna MacGregor.

16 & 17 October: Ex Cathedra makes its debut at London’s Cadogan Hall on the 16th with a performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers by its Consort of ten outstanding young singers accompanied by His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts and the Ex Cathedra Baroque Ensemble. The concert will then move back up to Birmingham for a repeat on 17th at Birmingham Town Hall.