Goldie conducting an orchestra - BBC's Maestro

Eight famous amateurs with a passion for classical music will do battle this summer for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of a live audience of 30,000 in BBC Two's Maestro.

The show sees a diverse range of personalities -- including the legendary Goldie, Blur bassist Alex James and actress Jane Asher -- competing to perform at BBC Proms In The Park, held in London's Hyde Park, as part of the BBC Proms' world-famous Last Night celebrations on 13 September 2008.

Others striving to command the respect of one of the country's leading orchestras include newsreader Katie Derham, broadcaster Peter Snow, actor David Soul, comedian Sue Perkins and actor and comedian Bradley Walsh.

The eight students face a gruelling summer as they attempt to prove that they are worthy of taking to the stage in front of tens of thousands of people.

In the first stage of preparation the celebrity students will enter into a week-long Baton Camp in the final week of May, where they will each be assigned their own mentor.

Each mentor -- all of whom are established professional conductors -- will work intensively with their student in helping them to master the disciplines of orchestral, choral and operatic music.

Rehearsals will continue throughout the summer as the celebrity students learn how to inspire and engage with the orchestra and the music.

Grasping the baton, the students will then take to the conductor's podium in August, where, in front of a studio audience and an international judging panel made up of leading musicians, they will conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in a weekly show broadcast on BBC Two.

Maestro will be presented by Clive Anderson.

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[UltimoImperio]

He's trying hard for it to get to 180bpm.

[takenxtx]

Goldie is the don!!

[SithSereyPheap1]

He is known as " Music-Runs-Him ",by the Native Indian of North America..;))))))

[versusvideo]

I love two things most of all:

a) he's not wearing shoes and

b) the reaction of the public, which clearly has never been in a rave.

[RODILLASEXPLOSIVAS]

@UltimoImperio Hahahahhaha man i laughed so hard!

[mattyreynolds1990]

@u2berz I don't get it? What did he do? Your anger issues need sorting tbh

[MarkusAudio]

01:10

i was hoping that he stepped a bit further in the pedal, to scare dem some pussies hahahahah

[UltimoImperio]

@u2berz

Wow, I trolled someone without even trolling.

[u2berz]

@UltimoImperio no1 cares, kill yourself you arrogant nerd

[yeeeeaaaboooooooiiii]

hahahahaha BASSFACE

[jin12345678]

@ALBIBISBIS these people weren't great conductors, but I think they did a decent job. they're not making great or sophisticated music, but goldie had good natural control over the orchestra. I found this program very intriguing as a student conductor and musician. maybe you don't grasp that what goldie is doing is actually quite complex, and that he was able to do it intuitively is interesting. it could be the springboard for many interesting discussions about music and conducting.

[hay0506]

@ALBIBISBIS You could say that about dancing on ice, strictly come dancing, and even soccer aid.