On the Cover: Markus Rhoten Q&A

[@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

[@Richard-b5r9v]

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?