(b. 1944)
Karl Jenkins is the composer of the million-selling album Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary. He trained as a classical musician at Cardiff University and Royal Academy of Music in London. In the 1970s he played with Ronnie Scott's jazz band and jazz-rock fusion band Soft Machine. Jenkins topped the record charts with Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, which hauntingly evokes choral and world music. The sequels to Adiemus: Cantata Mundi and Adiemus: Dances of Time also rapidly topped the charts. His music is widely familiar through advertising usage, including Adiemus for Delta Air Lines and Palladio for the De Beers Diamond campaign. Karl Jenkins recent works have included his 'Mass for Peace' The Armed Man, Requiem and Stabat Mater which have rapidly entered the repertoire of choral groups worldwide, and the violin concerto Sariki.
Karl Jenkins Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Adiemus (Songs of Sanctuary)
No Timpani + 8 percussion
4 tom toms, congas, claves, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, floor tom, orchestral bass drum, mark tree, bass bell in C, cabassa, wood block, triangle
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Adiemus II (Cantata Mundi)
Timpani + 9 percussion
Claves, cowbell, guiro, 2 cabassa, triangle, chenchen, Egyptian tabla, daholla, tom tom, clash cymbals, shekere, xylophone, glockenspiel, 5 octave marimba, bongos, rik, udu drum, tablas, pandeiro, timbales, surdo, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, suspended cymbal, tambourine
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Adiemus III (Dances of Time)
Timpani + 8 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, bongos, cowbell, shekere, chocola, clash cymbals, claves, congas, cabassa, castanets, dholak, guiro, 5 low drums, low shekere, marimba, rainstick, rik, snare drum, shaker, surdo, tom toms, tabla, tamborim, tambourine, timpani, triangle, udu drum, wood block, xylophone
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Ariadne
Timpani + 3 percussion
3 tom toms, splash cymbal, 2 cowbells, sleigh bells, clash cymbals, 2 suspended cymbals, tam tam, triangle, 3 Chinese blocks, guiro, wood block, whip, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Cantus - Song of the Plains
Timpani + 4 percussion
Cowbell, 2 cabassa, guiro, pandeiro, rik, bongos, shekere, timbales, daholla, surdo, tom toms, clash cymbals
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Celebro
Timpani + 5 percussion
Glockenspiel, tubular bells, triangle, snare drum, clash cymbals
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Cello Concerto No.1
Timpani + 2 percussion
3 tom toms, anvil, Chinese cymbal, cowbell, sleigh bells, suspended cymbal, tam tam, triangle, castanets, maracas, 3 temple blocks, wood block, whip, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Dewi Sant (St.David)
Timpani + 5 percussion
Triangle, claves, shaker, congas, tambourine, tambourim, tom toms, bongos, 4 low drums, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, surdo, daholla, clash cymbalsi, cowbells x 4
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In These Stones Horizons Sing
Timpani + 5 percussion
Shekere, hand drum, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, darabuka, caxixi, tambourine, suspended cymbal, clash cymbals, wood block, tom toms, triangle, glockenspiel
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Les Amants Magnifiques
Timpani + 2 percussion
Xylophone, clash cymbals, sleigh bells, suspended cymbal, triangle, castanets, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Quirk - Chasing the Goose: Concertante for flute, piano, percussion and orchestra
Timpani + solo percussion
Xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, whistle, bamboo chimes, rainstick, temple blocks, foot-operated hi hat, daholla, tabla, tom toms, bongo, roto-toms or timbales, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, pedal bass drum, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal
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Requiem
Timpani + 3 percussion
1: Glockenspiel, bamboo chimes, A3 bass bell, surdo, darabuka, hi-hat, snare drum, 2: mark tree, tambourine, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, 2 low floor tom, 3: triangle, rainstick, orchestral bass drum, 2 tam tams
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Symphony No.3
Timpani + 3 percussion
Tom tom, anvil, splash cymbal, cowbell, sleigh bells, suspended cymbal, tam tam, triangle, castanets, Chinese blocks, claves, guiro, maracas, wood block, whip, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Tangollen
Timpani + 4 percussion
Clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tambourine, orchestral bass drum, triangle, guiro, tam tam, castanets
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Te Deum
Timpani + 4 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal
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The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Timpani + 5 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, taiko drum, med tom tom, low tom tom, shekere, clash cymbals, bass bell in D, 2 snare drums, field drum, clash cymbals, congas, drum kit, tam tam, triangle, wind chimes, mark tree, tenor drum, tambourine, tambourin, tubular bells
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