The twenty-sixth concerto deals with the untuned percussion, basically the collected orchestral "pots and pans", setting it aside from tuned percussion like marimba, xylophone and vibraphone (image sourced from here). A late arrival on the concertante scene, the percussionists can still boast concertos by the likes of Milhaud, MacMillan and Schwantner (the Glass timpani concerto will probably feature at a later stage in this blog). I have selected the untuned percussion concerto by Richard Rodney Bennett, played by Evelyn Glennie and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Paul Daniel, taken from an RCA CD.
