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Inside Music: Percussionist Louise Goodwin finds song in rhythm

Percussionist Louise Goodwin finds song in rhythm

BBC Radio 3 - Inside Music, Percussionist Louise Goodwin finds song in rhythm

Hear percussionist Louise Goodwin open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.

Louise Goodwin opens up a selection of music from a percussionist’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Louise Goodwin is Principal Timpani and percussionist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has performed with ensembles ranging from the BBC Symphony Orchestra to Aurora Orchestra. 

Today, Louise explains how Bach’s cello suites are so perfectly suited to the marimba, and why singing in a choir can set you up to tune a drum.

She also finds similarities between pieces by Philip Glass and Indian classical music, and explains why using a smaller drum in a symphony by Mozart can be more satisfying than performing it on modern timpani. 

Plus, a piece by American composer Johanna Beyer that Louise would love to play one day...

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. 

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