(b.1971)
Joby Talbot was born in Wimbledon 1971. Growing up in Mitcham he attended King's College School, Wimbledon, on a music scholarship from the age of eight. Talbot played the piano and oboe and studied privately with Brian Elias and after receiving a Bachelor of Music from Royal Holloway University of London, he completed a Master of Music (Composition) at Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Simon Bainbridge. Talbot has written for a wide variety of purposes and a broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and works for dance. Talbot's prominent compositions include the theme and score for the popular BBC Two comedy series The League of Gentlemen (1999-2002), silent film scores The Lodger (1999) and The Dying Swan (2002) for the British Film Institute, film scores for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Son of Rambow (2007) and Penelope (2008), the a cappella choral works The Wishing Tree (2002) and Path of Miracles (2005) and the orchestral works Sneaker Wave (2004), Tide Harmonic (2008) and Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity (2012). Works for dance include Chroma (2006), Genus (2007), Fool's Paradise (2007), Chamber Symphony (2012) and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2011, revived 2012 and 2013), a full-length narrative ballet score commissioned by The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.
Joby Talbot Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Timpani (doubling finger cymbals, Chinese cymbal, sizzle cymbal, small triangle, small suspended cymbal, whip) + 5 percussion + celeste
Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, 2 octaves crotales, bass bow, glockenspiel, hand bells (Bb3 - C5), tubular bells, church bell in G, 3 tam tams, tam tam x3 (small, medium, large), orchestral bass drum, hi hat and pedal bass drum, snare drum, pedal bass drum, tom toms x 2 (medium and large), large roto tom, trash effect (pots & pans etc), large triangle, small triangle, finger cymbals, Chinese cymbal x 2 (medium and large with bass bow), sizzle cymbal, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal x 3 (small, medium, large), hi hat, bell tree, mark tree, sleigh bells, cowbell, whip, tambourine, tambourine on stand, lions roar, wind machine, thunder sheet, ratchet, football rattle, castanets, claves, 2 wood blocks (high and low), 3 temple blocks, frog guiro, shaker, dumbek, riq - celeste
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Astro
Timpani + 6/7 percussion
Small and large triangle, large woodblock, clash cymbals, suspended cymbals (small, medium and large), China cymbal, sizzle cymbal, hi hat, snare drum, floor tom, pedal bass drum, 2 octaves crotales, tubular bells, hand bells, cowbells, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, whip, tam tam
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Chacony in G minor (after Purcell)
Timpani + 3 percussion
Tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales, bass bow, hand bells (G4-D6), temple bells (D4-G5), suspended cymbal small, large China cymbal, orchestral bass drum, tam tam
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Chamber Symphony
Timpani (doubling percussion) + 3 percussion + celeste
Vibraphone, tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales, glockenspiel, marimba, handbells (G#5, A#5, C6, B6), Japanese rin (G4, A, A#, C5, G, A, A#, C6), tuned gongs (B2, G#3, A3', B3, G#4, A4), mark tree, temple blocks, woodblock, claves, orchestral bass drum, Verdi bass drum, tam tam, snare drum, 2 triangles (small and large), 4 roto toms, Junk perc (metal mixing bowls etc), hi hats, 3 suspended cymbals (small, medium, large), China cymbal, sizzle cymbal, ride cymbal, ratchet, rattle, tambourine, slapstick - celeste
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Chroma
Timpani + 4 percussion + celeste
Vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales, tuned cowbells, small triangle, tam tam, sizzle cymbal, large China cymbal, floor tom, orchestral bass drum, pedal bass drum, 3 suspended cymbal, 5 tuned gongs, 2 wood blocks, 3 roto toms, mark tree, whip, sand paper blocks, celeste
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Desolation Wilderness
Timpani + 3 percussion
Vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, 3 suspended cymbals, small triangle, 2 octaves crotales, tam tam, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, tubular bells, sizzle cymbal, hi hat, large wood block, tuned gongs, mark tree, snare drum, pedal bass drum
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Everest
Timpani (doubling orchestral bass drum, large suspended cymbal, Chinese cymbal, F# tuned gong) + 4 percussion - celeste
Vibraphone, Aluphone, marimba, tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales, Thai gongs (1 octave plus low Bb and C#), Chinese cymbal, sizzle cymbal, ride cymbal, 2 suspended cymbal x 2 (large and small), thunder sheet, piccolo snare drum, temple blocks (high, medium, low), large tom tom, tambourine, Puili sticks, small triangle, egg shaker, low Jam block, wooden bird calls, rattle, finger cymbals, flexatone, 2 orchestral bass drums (one with snare effect), large tam tam, small tam tam, wind machine, slapstick - celeste
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Hovercraft
Timpani + 3 percussion + celeste
Suspended cymbal, China cymbal large, tubular bells, tam tam, orchestral bass drum, whip, traditional cabassa, 3 roto toms, vibraphone, xylophone, 5 octave marimba, glockenspiel, celeste
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I'm Bound to Pack it up
No Timpani + 3 percussion + celeste
Vibraphone, glockenspiel, triangle, suspended cymbal - celeste
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The Lodger
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Tubular bells, glockenspiel, vibraphone, glass wind chimes, China cymbal, sizzle cymbal (brushes), suspended cymbals (small, medium, large), bass bow, clash cymbals, hi hat, tam tam, police whistle, small triangle, 2 wood blocks, vibraslap, maracas, bongos, snare drum, tenor drum, floor tom, pedal bass drum, orchestral bass drum
Clarinet doubling ratchet and stones
Bassoon doubling medium tabor and stones
Trumpet doubling claves and stones
Trombone doubling bass tabor
Piano doubling sandpaper blocks and cowbell
Violin doubling sandpaper blocks, tamborim and stones
Bass doubling sandpaper blocks, temple blocks and stones
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Lost Forever
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Glockenspiel
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Lover's ink
Timpani + 3 percussion
Metal strip, temple blocks, sizzle cymbal, suspended cymbal x 2 (small and large), Chinese cymbal, tuned cowbells, tuned gongs, glockenspiel, vibraphone, 2 octaves crotales, bongos, snare drum, orchestral bass drum
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Luminescence
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, crotales F4, F#, A, C5, C#, D, E, F, G, Bb, B, C6 with coin
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Meniscus
Timpani (doubling triangle) + 3 percussion
Vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, sizzle cymbal, Chinese cymbal, bass bow, suspended cymbal x 2 (small and medium), large tam tam, small triangle, tambourine, whip
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Sneaker Wave
Timpani + 3 percussion + celeste
Suspended cymbal, large China cymbal, two tam tams, claves, 2 octaves crotales, orchestral bass drum, bell plates, tubular bells, bass bell, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, celeste
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Springtime Dance from The Winter's Tale
Timpani + 5 percussion + celeste
Orchestral bass drum, bass drum (with snare - double bass strings to underside), Chinese cymbal, 2 octaves crotales, djembe, hi hat, marimba, snare drum, suspended cymbal x 2 (small and large), tom toms x 3, triangle, vibraphone, wind machine
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Tide Harmonic
No Timpani + 4 percussion + 2 celestes + 2 harmoniums
Orchestral bass drum, China cymbal, 2 octaves crotales, 2 glockenspiels, pedal bass drum, marimba, mark tree, temple bowls C#4, Eb4, F4, F#4, G4, Ab4, A4, Bb4, B4, C, C#5, D5, Eb5, F5, F#5, G5, Ab5, Bb5, B5, C6 (x2), C#6, Eb6, metal toms, piccolo snare drum, rainstick, 2 small roto toms, sizzle cymbal, snare drum, 3 x suspended cymbals (s/m/l), bass bow, tambourine, large tam tam, triangle, tubular bells, tuned gongs Eb2, Ab2, E3, B3, C4, E4, G5, Ab5, vibraphone, wood block, timpani, 2 celestes, 2 harmoniums
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Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity
2 Timpani + 4 percussion + celeste
(2nd timpani doubling suspended cymbal, china cymbal)
Chinese temple bowls, 2 octaves crotales, vibraphone, glockenspiel, snare drum, sizzle cymbal, orchestral bass drum, marimba, small tam tam, large tam tam, xylophone, mark tree, celeste
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