Kraft Timpani Concerto, end of 3rd movement

[MrWillAbell]

it's very rare that a percussionist gets a standing ovation, and my god man this is well deserved

[drumsstop]

The William Kraft "Timpani Concerto" for master timpanists only.

Randy Max shows you what a master timpanist can do when he has a piece to play as challenging and creative as this one.

[SheikhTaqiyyameister]

That's the only place the white guy gets to play the drums. I thought he did a good job.

[Aidan6496]

MIND. DESTROYED.

[Andresriba]

wow q pasada!

[devinb1690]

seeing this always makes me happy

[tenniscrazy2]

The percussionists have so much to do in this...it would be fun to look at the percussion parts :-D

[kittykittyfive]

such a dansa!

[Fasolt100]

Fenomenale! 

[KezmeisterG]

This guy is Amazing. And gives me a reason to play while standing. My teacher is always like "You got to sit if you need to do a lot of tuning." But this guy does a good enough job. I want to know what kind of drums they are, they sound beautiful.

[DLovesTV]

Love the pedal work.

[TheycallmeGuth]

You know that guy feels like a badass while playing this hahaha

[tenniscrazy2]

Omg he's amazing with his feet =O

[gerrythrash]

I love it. This is what musicianship is all about.

[RPTilos]

Van benne energia..........(:

[DLovesTV]

Awesomt

[mickXfan]

awesome <3 the timpani is my favorite percussion instrument in a band

[TheMALCUI]

sorprente, adoro los timbales de orquesta

[twichyrain]

thats what im talkin bout. timp 4 like

[Mrloginator]

he has to change the pitch and note with his foot petal and then dampen i t after every time that he hits it EVERY TIME.

i play it at school thats how i know

[fcmilsweeper9]

@Mrloginator

No not everytime.....if the note is staccato or not full length......

[soaper4]

The timpani has to be the most epic-sounding instrument ever.

[Mrloginator]

@soaper4 its also the second most payed instrument

[conswayer]

Looks like a fun part to play!

[matey800]

i loved it

[cutencrazy07]

Awesome

[imaginarythings]

Wow...I love this video...What fantastic music and performance~5*****'s~

[pkrnger]

Inspiring performance. Be sure to use high quality ear phones for this piece.

[LEGOdaddy]

Absolutely chilling and amazing

[plouw09]

Wow. Hardcore.

[dragons454]

wow... so there are still amazing pieces for timpani... i thought no one cared about it. now i realized i'm wrong...

thanks for the amazing vid, dude! :D

[fcmilsweeper9]

@dragons454

Especially in a large orchestral setting its not the number of notes. Ive played a lot of stuff. Tchaicovsky has great parts, lawrence of arabia theme is good, howard hansen usually has good parts...Copland has decent. those are some big composers thats why I listed them but most use the timpani in less of a tom-tom sort of way, ya know?

[fcmilsweeper9]

@dragons454

Anything tchaicovsky

Mahler 5

Mahler 1

Saint-Saens Organ/3

Howard Hanson anything

Lawrence of Arabia

Shostakovich Anything

[DaLu105]

THAT WAS AWESOME!! i wanna play that!

[DereksBAP12]

that was truely amazing!!!

haha

[XylussN]

Every time i hear an amazing piece of music or see a video of it and people are like wow amazing timpanist (and boy is he amazing in this video!) or amazing Woodwinds or whatever i just think about the person who actually composed all of this.

[MetalCode]

True masterminds!

[kevycanavan]

AMAZING!

[korgpadude]

FUCKING AMAZING lol

[youngergermanpope]

crap.....i watched this video at least ten times, and im envious and amazed :P

[thebangcarrot]

All I want to play in concert band now is timpani.

[percutercu2]

MUY BIEN

[billygoyboy]

LOVE THAT TIMPANI!!!!!

[JumpShotDude]

Wow! The power and raw energy of the timpani is perfect for the piece!

[pianist12]

The music is so tragic

[eveningtsar]

Is this the same William Kraft who composed the sountrack for the film "Fire and Ice"?

(Nevermind that the film wasn't great! The sountrack was!)

[DrummerDan69]

thats well fuckin good liiiiiiike

[dustylee]

i thought timpani was easy, boy am i mistaken. i have to guess that pitch to make. and my timpanis have spikes for easy tuning but they are great interferances.

[iamevildoing]

omg!!! i think i might have performed there once!!! at least i think so...but omg..thats extrodinary....

[robdujardin]

Prachtig! wat een spanning! ja ook ik vind de orchestratie erg leuk

[leaping94]

great teacher of mine

[McDrummerSLR]

And I thought I was good at timps :)

[logenisti]

Great performance.

Let's give the composer William Kraft a little credit for writing this work!!

[jehadc]

great performance, but at 57 seconds did the guy loose his stick? looks like it :P

[CaptainYutube]

No, He just had to switch the muting pad from one timpani to another.

[tenniscrazy2]

@jehadc Actually, this is what happened: He put his left mallet into his right hand so that he could put a mute on the 32 inch drum. After he muted the 32 inch drum, he put the mallet back into his left hand and continued playing :-D

[bachelbel]

it's a orchestral rock music!

[bachelbel]

the music is so powerful and frightening, while it has mystic color!

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Kick some ass! That is some mean timpani playing!

[leaping94]

Hi Randy~ That's Amazing playing!!

from Ki

[l33tstugist]

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TOTALLY KICK ASS!!!

[loho174]

yo randy our the coolest timpanist i've ever talked to....what orchestra is this?

[pedrocarneiro]

Randy, it sounds PHENOMENAL! And I love watching the back of the violas being deafened :-) More please!

[loho174]

i think i've already watched this like close to 50 times..

[trubr8]

This performance rocks. It has rhythmic intensity and a lot of emotional impact. All thumbs up!

[xhoan]

FANTASTICO !!!

[Dannyrorro]

damn... this is fuckin' cool guys!!!!!!

[EstefanDedalus]

Wow... that's amazing.

[dzodzet]

And now we need the rest of the piece!! Amazing!!

[drdrms789]

Awesome. Ironic we post the same thing at the same time. You covered everything I couldn't upload! Great playing - always a pleasure to see you play!

[sruttenb]

One of the best timpanists on the scene today! Superb!!