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Mahler 6. symphony hammer stroke shakes the stage

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Uploaded by on Jul 15, 2007

I put my camera on the top of my timp (had to play a timpani roll) to record my friend doing the hammer stroke, which shakes the entire stage (& camera)!

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  • Are you sure it shook the entire stage? I'd think that it just shook the timpani head from the vibration.

  • @BLdrummer740 Well the stage where we (the percussion) were playing was hollow so yes it was enough to shake the stage...

  • why are there 2 sets of timpani?

  • @Aaaronicus Mahler 6. is written for two timpanists, that's why.

  • Actually, seeing this begs the question; did this performance include the infamous 3rd Hammerblow that Mahler himself took out?

  • No, we didn't play it. But I've played the 3rd hammer blow in a concert once with the finnish conductor Leif Segerstam.

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  • because its a famous and unique moment in a wonderful piece of music.

  • epic

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  • @Moussorgsky1 It shows up around 16:05 in the Bernstein/NYPhil recording.

  • HAMMER NOT BIG ENOUGH!!!

  • Let the Hammer fall!

  • About when is this in the symphony's final movement? Like do you have an approximate minute this hammer stroke would be on?

  • more cowbell LOLLLLLL

    what orchestra is this?

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