On the Cover: Markus Rhoten Q&A

"On the Cover" is a new cross-channel series providing insight into the lives and interests of the individual musicians of the New York Philharmonic. This video Q&A features Philharmonic Principal Timpani Markus Rhoten from the Percussion Room in David Geffen Hall. For more information visit nyphil.org/onth...
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[@tiqueholl8899]

What kind of heads are your favorite for sound, expression, etc.?

[@salvatoremartone9731]

What is the name of the study that the teacher performed at the beginning of the video?

[@thomaswaller7966]

It's an excerpt from Frank Martin's Concert for 7 winds

[@sivadepilif]

what is the piece at the beginning?

[@zubinhathi8853]

It's an excerpt from Frank Martin's Concerto for 7 Winds, Timpani, Percussion and Strings.

[@sivadepilif]

thank you.

[@aaronmeives4496]

If you’re talking about the part when the entire orchestra plays, that would be Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

[@user-wp4ju4hp5w]

At the very end of this video presentation we hear a passage of music from the last movement of Beethoven s 7th Symphony

[@richardwilliams473]

I am assuming this timpanist took over the vacant spot left in the NYP after the death of Roland Kohloff?