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Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani, percussion, and string orchestra (published as Concerto pour sept instruments à vent, timbales, batterie et orchestre à cordes) is a composition by the Swiss composer Frank Martin.
The orchestra is divided into four groups (five if a keyboard instrument is used) and specified as follows: [1] Woodwind instruments: flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones (if one or more are needed), bassoons; Brass instruments: horns, trumpets, trombones, tubas; Percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, chimes, etc.
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A similar-sounding alternative is often used due to the weight of the blacksmith's anvil [2] Apito: Brazil Unpitched 421.221.11 Aerophone Also known as samba whistle. Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note. [3] [failed verification] Ashiko: Yoruba Unpitched 211.251.1 Membranophone ...
Playing throughout the majority of the movement, the timpani guide the orchestra into a quick descent, and, having quieted the ensemble, provide gentle pulse. Brass play some short chords, and then settle onto a lingering resolution. The movement, approximately six minutes in length, draws to a tranquil close.
Symphony for 2 horns, timpani and strings; Werner Thärichen. Timpani Concerto Op. 34 (1954) William Kraft. Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and Orchestra (1984) [2] Concerto No. 2 for Timpani and Orchestra ("The Grand Encounter") (2005) Gordon Jacob. Concerto for Timpani & Band (1984) Kurt Schwertsik. Timpani Concerto (1987-88) James Oliverio
Timpani (/ ˈ t ɪ m p ə n i /; [2] Italian pronunciation:) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) [2] are musical instruments in the percussion family.A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper.