Welcome to my website. ‘Evolution of Timpani’ is my new project on the playing, history and manufacture of these instruments. I still have a lot of work to do on this but already it seems to me that:
“when deciding which timpani to use the size of the ensemble is clearly the most important consideration.”
Take a look below at my wide range of projects past and present and please contact me if you would like further information.
Adrian Bending
+44 (0) 7956 275804
mail@adrianbending.com
If you found anything on this website interesting or useful and would like to make a donation I would be extremely grateful!
With many thanks to the photographers and film makers who have allowed me to use their work; Stephen Tasker, Chris Christodolou (RCM), Tommy Pearson, Monika Rittershaus (Berliner Philharmoniker), Will Schofield, Glyn Matthews, Angus Bremner (SCO) and Zen Grisdale.
'A whole lot of fuss about nothing?' - the final bar of Beethoven's 5th
Coming soon! The timpani part used for the premiere of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
Verdi Requiem
Belshazzar's Feast - new arrangement coming soon!
Timpani
Percussion
Videos & podcasts
Books and arrangements
Research
'Evolution of Timpani'
Henry Potter & Co Ltd
concert videos
articles & downloads
for sale
Past Events
talking and writing