Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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What are those things that go BUMP during a concert?

Timothy Constable, a 10-year veteran of our percussion section, explains all the work that goes into a performance - like for Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, an "opium-fuelled fever dream" you can hear next week - and spills some of the Orchestra's logistical secrets. He also shares his deep love of nature and his increasingly extreme pastimes, and what keeps him refreshed and motivated.

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