He picked a tune on his banjo.

The men were sent over the top to their certain death.

He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

Among those who will be making the Otter valley resound to the strains of the guzheng and erhu is Wu Wenguang, who plays a piece of music 1,800 years old on the guqin, an instrument known to have existed 3,000 years ago.