Here’s one I made earlier for Mahler 6
mainGraham Johns, principal percussion of the Royal Liverpool Phil has been trying out his new Hammerschlag, the box he whacks in Mahler’s sixth symphony for the ‘Knocks of Fate’, using a huge wooden hammer.
Graham made his box from a log found in Sefton Park. It’s based on speaker technology: the diaphragm moves on springs and makes a more resonant ‘thud’ than by hitting an old orange crate as in the past.
I shall look forward to testing it a week from today when I give the pre-concert talk at the Phil.
Come along, details here.
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