The wicked witch is dead in Mahler 7th - Slippedisc (original) (raw)
norman lebrecht
April 09, 2024
A masterclass from Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Timpani Don Liuzzi:
Did you know that Mahler’s Seventh Symphony features one of the most challenging timpani parts in the classical repertory? Principal Timpani Don Liuzzi broke it down for us before the performances. Witness Don in his element this weekend! Tickets: https://t.co/tw6ADFjtg3 pic.twitter.com/Lf3wcjGS1T
— The Philadelphia Orchestra (@philorch) April 8, 2024
Comments
Fred Funk says:
Keeping the viola players honest….Larry W says:
How would you know what that is?Susan Bradley says:
“It’s a lotta fun” – that man enjoys his work!Philly Joe says:
That guy is the greatest!!!Helpsalot says:
As was Philly Joe.Rob says:
Not to be attempted after a few double vodkasMark Cogley says:
“Harlen”? It’s Arlen, Harold Arlen.Shalom Rackovsky says:
I don’t think there is anyone in orchestras who have more fun than the timpanists. They always look like they’re having a blast!Ari Bocian says:
Except for Rainer Seegers.
It is a fun gig, except in rehearsal, when you’ve counted 78 measures, are ready to play your part and the conductor goes back to square one, and you have to count it all over again. Unless you know the piece well enough that you can hear when to enter.Rich C. says:
I guess Timpani players and Double bass players have to keep a spare instrument at home in order to practice. How many other players schlep their instruments home after a concert rather than keep them locked up in the concert hall?Enquiring Mind says:
I see the musicians of my local top 15 orchestra leaving Symphony Hall after a concert and they are all carrying an instrument. Pssst: they practice, too.
Bassist usually cart their instruments or have a service to cart them to the gig and back. Timpanists have set at home or in a studio that they rent.David K. Nelson says:
Those of us whose symphonic work was/is confined to (mostly) melody instruments (violin, and now and then viola in my case) tend to be unaware and thus potentially unsympathetic to the many things a tympani player must think about (and not least, actually be able to do!) for the preparation for and performance of a major piece such as Mahler 7. This opens the window a bit. And it also put me in mind of the famous (or at least, attributed) quote by Brahms: “I used to think Richard Strauss was the Chief of the Insurrectionists, but now I see it’s Mahler.”Chiminee says:
If Don had more time I’m sure he would have talked about the timpani’s role in the third movement.
Until the invention of mylar heads, the most difficult part was keeping the drums in tune. Any change in temperature changed the tuning.Pauken Two says:
I hope you noticed that Don was playing these excerpts on natural Calfskin heads, not mylar!
Anon says:
Fabulous!zandonai says:
Amazing agility at his adanced age.Kyle says:
Not to mention the setting of the words “Beauty and the Beast” coming from the Pathétique sonata (the last movement coda in particular).
Fanofinstruments says:
I enjoy all the instruments like timpanis and also flutes and bassoons, they are all good and sound good when they play. My favorite is the English french horn cause it sounds so good.
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