| Concertos for the timpani or kettledrums, the big boys of the orchestra, are certainly unusual but not entirely neglected. |
| He transcribed them and set about making a set of 14 parts for horns, trumpets, trombones and timpani. |
| The performance is taut, the tension is intense, and the timpani and trombones are given their rightful place in the fore of the score. |
| The finale burns down the barn with sennets and tuckets from the trumpets, echoed rhythmically by the timpani. |
| There was another set of timpani, another bass drum, side drums, castanets, two xylophones, and, if I recall correctly, tubular bells as well. |
| The consort will be performing excerpts from JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio with organ, trumpets and timpani. |
