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Books and arrangements
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'Evolution of Timpani'
Lockdown Street Music
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Percussion
strohfiedel (4-row xylophone)
Research
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Timpani
Timpani volume calculator
Verdi Requiem
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Beethoven’s 5th Symphony World premiere timpani part
New classical timpani film just released!
‘A whole lot of fuss about nothing?’ – the final bar of Beethoven’s 5th
Belshazzar’s Feast – new arrangement coming soon!
Bending Bach’s Basslines
Berlioz ‘Grande Messe des Morts’ – 2011
‘Classical Music’ magazine, August 2021
Data of timpani used for projects
Edinburgh University Instrument Museum
Making the drone shot
Elgar ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ – July 2023
Gilbert & Sullivan ‘Princess Ida’ – June 2023
Mozart Cosi fan tutte – Act II Finale
O-tymp-ic Games
Purcell Percussion Project videos
Rameau dance project at Acland Burghley School
Removable taps
Saint Saens timpani – January 2023
shorts and reels
Sticks – an in-depth guide
Tea with Netty – OAE podcast
Timpani purchase and conversion
Touring with small timpani
timpani trolleys
Making timpani videos
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