Percussion Up Close
This narrated concert presents the diverse world of percussion instruments – from timpani to idiophones and membranophones – offering engaging explanations and sounds that bring audiences closer to their role, playing techniques, and development in orchestral music.
1st concert of the Youth Cycle 2026/2027
SLOVENIAN PERCUSSION PROJECT (SToP)
Narrated concert
Percussion instruments are played by striking them with the hands or with sticks and mallets. Their name derives from the way they are played. Acoustically, they are divided into two groups: idiophones and membranophones. In idiophones, the material of the instrument itself vibrates to produce sound, while membranophones produce sound through stretched membranes made of treated skin. The pitch depends on the size of the instrument or membrane. Percussion instruments can also be divided into pitched and unpitched instruments.
In terms of performance practice, percussion includes the widest variety of instruments compared to all other instrument groups. In earlier periods of classical music, only a few percussion instruments found a permanent place in the symphony orchestra. Initially, only timpani were consistently included, while other percussion instruments appeared only occasionally. This concert, however, offers the opportunity to discover a whole range of diverse percussion instruments.
Tickets: €5