Favorite Orchestral Moments for Big Drums (Timpani and Bass Drum) - Part One

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Richard Atkinson discusses his favorite orchestral moments for "big drums" (timpani and bass drum). This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances:

Sound of timpani:
Eric Hopkins, timpani
   • What does the timpani sound like? (Ode to ...  

Sound of bass drum:
Vic Firth, bass drum
   • Concert Bass Drum 3: Playing Techniques / ...  

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: Ouverture
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243 - VII. “Fecit Potentiam”
Collegium Vocale Gent and La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe

Bach: Cantata, BWV 172, “Erschallet, ihr Lieder” - III. Aria (bass)
“Heiligste Dreieinigkeit”
Peter Kooij, Bass
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

Rameau: Overture to “Le Temple de la Gloire”
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon

Rameau: Overture to “Naïs”
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Rameau: Overture to “Zaïs”
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Jean-Féry Rebel: “Les Élémens”
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit

Rameau: Overture to “Acante et Céphise”
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti

Stravinsky: “The Rite of Spring”
Atla​nta Symph​ony Orche​stra, Yo​​el Le​​v​i

Rameau: Overture to “Acante et Céphise” (small excerpt)
La Grande Écurie/Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko

00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - Handel
03:48 - Bach
06:38 - Rameau