2.5M views · 56K reactions | Classical music, impossible edition... Would you rather...play the timpani or trumpet solo in Also sprach? Two of the most famous and nerve-wracking solos to exist for orchestral players feature in the opening of Strauss's epic Also sprach Zarathustra 朗✨ #classicalmusic #orchestra #filmmusic #solo | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook

Tap along to the epic timpani tune at the end of Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony! 🥁 Did you notice in this recording, the part is altered slightly to accommodate the modern timpani? 🤔 Come and hear it for yourself on Wednesday 22 November at Southbank Centre ✨ | London Philharmonic Orchestra

You asked so we delivered - time to learn how to tune the timpani with LPO Principal Timpani Simon Carrington 🥁 Here he demonstrates a tricky passage from Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, and describes how it all works with the pedals 🌟 | London Philharmonic Orchestra