BAROQUE TIMPANI

ALAN HAS PERFORMED BAROQUE TIMPANI WITH SOME THE FINEST ORCHESTRA'S IN THE UK & EUROPE
INCLUDING:
LE CONCERT D'ASTREE (FRANCE)
THE ENGLISH CONCERT (LONDON)
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA (GERMANY)
THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (LONDON)
THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT (LONDON)
THE DUNEDIN CONSORT (SCOTLAND)
LA STAGIONE FRANKFURT (GERMANY)
LONDON BAROQUE (LONDON OBVIOUSLY!)
NEDERLANDSE BACHVERENIGING (THE NETHERLANDS)
ANIMA ETERNA (BELGIUM)

ALAN HAS TOURED WORLDWIDE AND RECORDED NUMEROUS CD'S INCLUDING THE COMPLETE SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES, BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES, BACH B MINOR MASS, HANDEL'S MESSIAH, SALIERI ARIAS WITH CECILIA BARTOLI AND MORE!

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SELECTED CONCERT DIARY FOR 2008

10 May 2008 19:00
Bach B Minor Mass, Melk, Stiftkirche, Austria
11 May 2008 19:00
Bach B Minor Mass, Regensburg, Dreieinigkeits-kirche, Germany

4 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
6 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
8 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
10 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
12 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
14 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
17 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
19 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Lille, France
21 Oct 2008 19:30
Marriage of Figaro in Paris, France

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ALAN'S MAIN SET OF BAROQUE/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