BAROQUE TIMPANI

Alan Emslie recording Bach's B Minor Mass
in Scotland 2009 with The Dunedin Consort

ONE OF ALAN'S SETS OF BAROQUE TIMPANI / PERIOD INSTRUMENT TIMPANI PICTURED HERE DURING PERFORMANCES OF BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO.8 WITH THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. THE TWO MAIN DRUMS ARE ORIGINAL DRUMS WHICH WERE REBUILT FOR ALAN BY PETER WOODS AT POTTERS OF ALDERSHOT. PETER ALSO BUILT THE SMALL DRUM FOR ALAN TO MATCH THE TWO MAIN DRUMS

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DURING THE RECORDING SESSIONS FOR THE SALIERI ARIAS
WITH OAE & CECILIA BARTOLI @ AIR STUDIOS, LONDON 2003

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FILMING WITH THE BBC FOR 'THE GENIUS OF MOZART' IN 2003 ALAN

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REHEARSING WITH SIMON RATTLE & OAE IN BIRMINGHAM 2003

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RECORDING FOR THE BBC TV SERIES 'BEETHOVEN' 2005

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IN POLAND WITH THE BBC FILMING FOR 'BEETHOVEN'
AND YES! IT WAS THE LAST WIG IN THE SHOP! HEHE!

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REHEARSING THE B MINOR MASS WITH THE NEDERLANDSE BACHVERENIGING
AT TANGLEWOOD CONCERT HALL, USA, 2007

TIMPANI

ALAN RECORDING THE PIANO CONCERTO'S 3 & 4 BY YORK BOWEN
(SOLOIST DANNY DRIVER/CONDUCTOR MARTYN BRABBINS)
WITH THE BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN GLASGOW CITY HALLS 2007

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ALAN'S SET UP FOR THE 'RITE OF SPRING' JANUARY 1998 WITH THE ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA.
NOTE THAT BOTH PLAYERS ARE USING FIVE DRUMS! (NEAR SET) 32", 32", 29", 26", 20"(FAR SET) 32", 32", 29", 26", 23"

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AGAIN WITH THE RSNO HERE SEEN SET UP FOR MAHLER'S SECOND SYMPHONY CONDUCTED BY NEEME JARVI.
BOTH SETS OF FOUR DRUMS HAVE IDENTICAL SIZES 32", 32", 29" & 26" WITH CLEAR PLASTIC HEADS.

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