If the part is called 'timpani', then of course those tuned drums should ideally be employed, but any percussive instrument will usually be quite effective. The percussion parts of all the pieces ...

One combination could have been a harpsichord, a few string players (violin, viola, viola da gamba), one or more wind ...

If the part is called 'timpani', then of course those tuned drums should ideally be employed, but any percussive instrument will usually be quite effective. The percussion parts of all the pieces ...

The symphonic wind ensemble, mixing wind and brass instruments, was popularized in ... Two other percussionists joined him in some timpani rolls. The Dallas native previously headed the arts ...