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| The work certainly runs to Mahlerian length, about 80 minutes, and it uses Mahlerian forces - large choirs of strings, woodwinds and brasses complemented by a percussion battery including two sets of kettle drums, a bass drum, a military drum, glockenspiel, triangle and (my favorite) twigs. With its roaring thunder of kettle drums, it is a seminal work establishing the timpani as a solo instrument," said music director Jorge Mester. This technology features small ports in the earcups that dramatically increase the low-frequency output of the system; the headphones remain small and lightweight, while instruments -- like the kettle drum -- sound as intended. |
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