Glass Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, Mov 

@btsears It's the Greenwich Village Orchestra at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU. Philip Glass was in the audience for this performance and thought it was one of the best interpretations of his piece.

@paradiddlepedro Hahahahaha yeah I remember reading that somewhere. I literally laughed out loud when I read it hahaha.

@MattM2011 Philip Glass was in the audience for this performance and thought it was one of the best interpretations of his piece. The conductor is Barbara Yahr who is by far an outstanding conductor and gives a lot of the other young conductors a run for their money. She was also assistant conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony under Maazel. So she knows what she's doing. BTW, the strings sound a little out of tune because it's a community orchestra.

Great job Gordanius!!. Please, reload Mov.2 to complete this concert!!. Thanks FJ

for normal timpani, yes, but custom ones can be much smaller than the 20in. ones they are using

i have not seen it but ive been told of them, its custom ond only for cases where you realy need to go that high, but thats quite rare, i dont know of anyone who makes them.

@victoriatoma I KNOWW!!!! CRAZY.

YES! thanx XD

Maybe the concerto must be played like this ha,I've heard a concerto for typewritter and orchestra and the concert is 16th all the time

Nothing compared to john mackeys piece it calls for you to use drumsticks on your timpani with a warning that you'll damage your heads haha and maybe your timpani. I think its the second part of groove I can't recall right now.

timpanist, with the Philharmoniker Hamburg in Germany

The part calls for hard mallets. Yes, the tone suffers, especially on the larger timps; but with them there would be no articulation. Despite the hard mallets, this recording is quite muddy. The soloists are too far apart and their sound is not unified. It is difficult to record timpani with a "room" mic, as the tone goes straight up. With the soloists on the front of the stage, they don't get the projection of the orchestra shell. So the tone dissipates quickly.

Uh, do I know you? I have an idea who you MIGHT be, but I won´t get my hopes up yet...

timpani are super expensive i wonder how much those cost all together!!!!!

when you say glass, what exactly do you mean by that?

and a cute one too, from what I recall.

What, people aren't allowed to have their own opinions? If it doesn't work for him he should be able to comment such.

Jo guys

what orchestra is this? and who are the soloists?

What group is playing this?

uh they shouldnt use such hard mallets it would give the music more um.... whats the word... feel? oomph?(not rly a word) uh i cant think of it

I´m sorry I did. Being a professional, I like to know what´s out there. But as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat

I'm pretty sure you know me, unless I have you completely confused with another timpanist I knew 10 or so years ago. ;) It is interesting to see you again at this horrible youtube concerto. This recording sounds like garbage cans. I know you're much better than this. I should bring the family to Germany someday for a show.

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sorry. should have read "without" hard mallets there would be no articulation.

Oh my gosh. My soul died a little bit when he did a buzz roll on a timpani at 3:25ish. I almost cried. Both of these guys create a terrible sound. This is NOT how a timpani should be played...and should sound.

I love Glass's music but all I hear & feel here is a cacophony of drum strikes. The orchestra seems mostly irrelevant.

too fast..

Why does the fact that the conductor is a woman matter?

what a boring bunch of nonsense