How To Use Timpani In A Sentence
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Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
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The martial rhythmic section, pointed up by timpani, was particularly engaging and overall there was an operatic tone to this movement leading to a big climax before the decorated reprise of the first theme.
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That afternoon the congregation would also get to hear a brand new work - the largest Bach had produced in Leipzig so far - a Magnificat for five vocal parts, trumpets, timpani, recorders, oboes, strings and continuo.
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With a mighty descending gesture of massed violins and woodwinds the storm unleashes its fury over rolling timpani, pounding bass drum and fortissimo brass chords.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera
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The consort will be performing excerpts from JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio with organ, trumpets and timpani.
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Orchestras have been told to tame the timpani and cap their crescendos to protect the hearing of musicians and classical music lovers.
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The intense, allegretto parts had my heart pounding -- though that could've been the timpani at work.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Wait, wait, wait.
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Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
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It is absolutely hair-raising how Brahms shakes his fist at the heavens and this Olympian, this imperious music would rise over this timpani which is thundering in the background," says Fleisher.
Glory, Drama Mark Path of Piano Virtuoso
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I also got to play the timpani, which is these giant round drums.
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On this recording, there are nine violins, three violas, three cellos, a double bass, one flute, three oboes, one bassoon, three trumpets, a set of timpani, and a harpsichord.
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Jim, a pupil of Smithy Bridge School, is not only a highly accomplished drummer owning his own drum kit, but also plays the xylophone, timpani, piano and accordion.
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There is some lovely playing, particularly from the woodwinds, but the horns, timpani and bass line are too recessed to have the necessary impact.
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Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
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He heard his heart booming in his head, like syrup on a timpani.
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Where the hell are the timpani in the Philadelphia Orchestra?
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On this recording, there are nine violins, three violas, three cellos, a double bass, one flute, three oboes, one bassoon, three trumpets, a set of timpani, and a harpsichord.
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Two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, timpani and the strings present the first phrase — marked pianissimo.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera
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But drums played little part in concerted music until the introduction of timpani into the orchestra in the second half of the 17th century.
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Mr. Herman sits surrounded by 20 percussion instruments, including two timpani, vibraphones, glockenspiel, chimes, cymbals and sleigh bells.
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He transcribed them and set about making a set of 14 parts for horns, trumpets, trombones and timpani.
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All timpanists carry a wide range of beaters to suit different music and different acoustics.
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The sound of mandolin, crumhorns, bassoons, recorders, and various timpani, being woven into a rock structure is simply a joy to behold.
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There is some lovely playing, particularly from the woodwinds, but the horns, timpani and bass line are too recessed to have the necessary impact.
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Then I had spot mics on winds, spot mics on timpanis, on the four harps, celeste, horns, percussion and on all these different things that have to come through in that piece.
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You can tell without hesitation the concerto starting with a timpani roll leading to striking piano chords.
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I feared to sip a drop of water, and I am sure that the timpanist saw me looking at him in awe and amazement.
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As another commentator has noted, only Jason Pierce could produce an album with 11 brass and string musicians, timpani, a dulcimer and sleigh bells, and call it back to basics.
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Four bassoons and a contrabassoon play together - sandwiched between two huge crescendos on timpani and bass drum.
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Don smiles, enjoying the moment as Tom arranges music on four separate stands ready for the chase around the mallets, timpani, marimbas, vibraphones and celesta that he knows will test his agility, his practised facility.
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For part of the set, they took turns in separate roles: Mr. Marsalis on timpani, Mr. Powell on drumset and Mr. Riley on congas.
Jazzfest: Drum Battles and a Tribute to Max Roach - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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The only common membranophones with definite pitch are kettledrums (timpani).
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But drums played little part in concerted music until the introduction of timpani into the orchestra in the second half of the 17th century.
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The sound is still aggressive, but it's more orchestrated, so the other two musicians just play timpani and a couple songs with just drums and guitar, respectively.
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Concertos for the timpani or kettledrums, the big boys of the orchestra, are certainly unusual but not entirely neglected.
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The bass is much deeper and richer, the timpani have been brought forth from the orchestral fabric, and the whole thing now has a presence, a pulse that it lacked before.
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After school I went to orchestra and did the timpani in both the Radetzky march, and the three Greig pieces.
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The timpanist is the featured member of the trio, carrying the majority of melodic weight.
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So the Credo leads from a gently flowing opening to boldly dramatic effects, emphatic in the use of timpani and with the Crucifixus bringing a striking unison passage for tenors and basses.
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And so, when he uses the timpani in the Third Symphony, he does so in a judicious manner so that the ‘stressing of focal pitch classes’ is communicated in as comprehensive and explicit way possible.
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The orchestral instrument uses softer beaters, like giant timpani sticks, often double-ended so that a roll may be played one-handed by twisting the wrist.
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Concertos for the timpani or kettledrums, the big boys of the orchestra, are certainly unusual but not entirely neglected.
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On this recording, there are nine violins, three violas, three cellos, a double bass, one flute, three oboes, one bassoon, three trumpets, a set of timpani, and a harpsichord.
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Waterfall greeted her with a solemn and purposeful symphony - muted strings and timpani rolls and, far off in the background, as though being created by spray and the rising mist, a limpid, shining, flute-like voice joined the music.
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Only serious timpanists with outstanding intonation skills should attempt Batigne's Duplex.
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This reporter predicts it to be a most intriguing televisual experience, involving changing coloured lights and an exciting timpanic musical accompaniment.
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Not knowing which of them wrote what, I can only report that the pit contained two cellos, one double-bass, solo woodwind, brass and timpani.
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There was another set of timpani, another bass drum, side drums, castanets, two xylophones, and, if I recall correctly, tubular bells as well.
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Carlo Boccadoro's Ritratto di musico conjured the perpetual motion of the fifth, with lubricious brass slides and busy timpani work.
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Chailly; Castor and Pollux– review
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It therefore follows the example of Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano in being scored for an accompanying wind ensemble plus double bass and timpani rather than orchestra.
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(TIM-puh-nee) Italian for kettledrums; the term timpani is often preferred by composers and performers.
Timpani
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In this section, the string parts are filled with acciaccaturas, whereas the brass section and the timpani are rampant and adrenaline-pumping.
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So, I will be working with Martinu's Double Concerto - scored for two strings orchestras, piano and timpani.
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On this recording, there are nine violins, three violas, three cellos, a double bass, one flute, three oboes, one bassoon, three trumpets, a set of timpani, and a harpsichord.
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The percussion was especially impressive - five timpani, and lots of sound effect type instruments, tam-tam, whip, wind machine, and various tuned percussion, along with the usual.
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A gong, cymbals, a triangle, and a timpani, as well as the pentatonic scale, create a sense of the Far East.
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Each man was surrounded by an absolute armada of percussion: Bongos, congas, sambas and tom toms; high-hats, kettles, timpani and snares.
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The concerto for 2 trumpets and timpani impresses me the most of the works on the program.
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A pair of hunting horns joins in with a countermelody, soon joined by a second pair of horns and finally the timpani.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera
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I could have easily been a concert percussionist and made a sweet living being lead timpanist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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On this recording, there are nine violins, three violas, three cellos, a double bass, one flute, three oboes, one bassoon, three trumpets, a set of timpani, and a harpsichord.
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During the long introduction of the Finale, the timpanist is required to re-tune his instrument for the key change that follows.
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The finale burns down the barn with sennets and tuckets from the trumpets, echoed rhythmically by the timpani.
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The performance is taut, the tension is intense, and the timpani and trombones are given their rightful place in the fore of the score.
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I feared to sip a drop of water, and I am sure that the timpanist saw me looking at him in awe and amazement.
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He heard his heart booming in his head, like syrup on a timpani.
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A gong, cymbals, a triangle, and a timpani, as well as the pentatonic scale, create a sense of the Far East.
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Most effective is the contrast created when Slean's piano-tinkling waltz-time verses bloom into symphonic swells of strings and timpani on the pop-smart choruses.
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The second movement opens with timpani and rattles, followed by almost electronic sounding little looped musical figures that litter all of Glass's compositions.
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The timpanist, however, sounds tentative throughout, as if afraid to overwhelm the trumpeters.
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Unwilling to merely deal the same strum-along hand, Pottsy turns his back to beat out tribal timpani to the swells of feedback and reverse guitar.
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The problem was figuring out what a young timpanist could play for a concerto.
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But it still gives us a visceral thrill, like the trumpets and timpani in a symphony by Beethoven, because it reminds us of some of the greatest chapters of our species, when humanism was regnant.
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On this album there aren't any real strings or any orchestra instruments like harp or timpani.
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The Eight Pieces for Four Timpani, for example, of which four were performed — "Saeta" and "Canaries" are both early (1949) experiments in simultaneous tempi and metric modulation, and, with their predominantly triplet -, eighth -, and dotted-eighth-note vocabulary, there are fleeting audible glimpses of Reichian phase-shifting.
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