Belshazzar's Feast by Sir William Walton
choir, organ and percussion (2 players) by David Briggs and Adrian Bending.

Following the World Premiere in March 2024 this new arrangement is to be published soon!

After the first performance in 1808 a first edition and parts were made.  But these did not contain some things in the original orchestral parts.

This set of parts was hardly known about and was found in the Lobkowicz archive in Nelehozeves, Czechia.  This resulted in some errors in the first edition and subsequent editions being researched and rectified.

I have typeset the part as closely as I am able to the original.  You can download it here.

Here is a video about this original timpani part.

Welcome to my book!  It is a collection of Bach chorales with their basslines specially adapted to be played on timpani.  You can play along to the accompanying CD of professional recordings.

The book contains 28 Bach chorales, the timpani parts from Bohemian Rhapsody (from We Will Rock You) and No Change by All Bluff and Porterage, and some chapters on general timpani playing.

For each chorale I have written three or four different versions of increasing difficulty, ranging from a few downbeats and cadences to playing the full bassline throughout. For an explanation of the notation have a look at the 'look inside' feature above.

This easy example has just a few pedal changes (indicated by crossed note-heads). Although the notation shows you how to play the  chorales on four timpani with 'wedge-notes' as the outer drums, most of them, such as this one, are easily playable on two or three drums.

We’re very excited to announce that our new book Purcell Percussion Project is now available from Southern Percussion

From our earliest ideas while working together at the Royal College of Music to recently completing this book and recording the promotional videos it’s always a huge pleasure to collaborate with one of Britain’s most exciting young timpanists Louise Goodwin.