Mozart – Cosi fan tutte quick re-tuning; see separate post on this here
Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique with OAE and Sir Roger Norrington
2nd timpani Scott Bywater. Percussion Glyn Matthews, Ben Hoffnung, Richard Horne.
In rehearsal:
1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement
4th Movement
5th Movement
Haydn “Paukenmesse”. BBC Proms 2015.
Hear these drums in Beethoven’s 4th & 7th symphonies with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields directed by Joshua Bell.
Here is a video about Gabrieli Consort and Players’ Grande Messe des Morts recording in 2010. At 4′ 48″ I talk about sponge-headed sticks.
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