10 Apr 2025

Playing the carrot with the London Vegetable Orchestra

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 10 April 2025
A carrot recorder

A carrot recorder Photo: SUPPLIED/London Vegetable Orchestra

Handmade musical instruments are almost as old as time but would you ever think of making music by pressing your lips to a potato, blowing into a courgette or playing a pepper? 

Well, the London Vegetable Orchestra have made it their mission to do just that, offering as they say, their very own brand of homegrown entertainment!

With a worldwide fan base, just last week the LVO, who are all professional musicians, played at Windsor Castle with King Charles III joining in on a carrot. 

Orchestra member Tim Cranmore, who makes the vegetable recorders, joins Emile Donovan to talk about their unique brand of music.