This coffee break takes a final listen to the extraordinary development of the use of percussion from the 1600s to the 20th Century. We listen to the coronation of Boris Godunov, thanks to Mr. Mussorgsky, then a hair-raising section from Verdi's Manzoni Requiem. Button up your windbreakers for a triple threat of storms blowing in: Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony, Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, and Peter Westergaard's Moby Dick. We close our survey with two wildly creative pieces, Antheil's Ballet Mechanique (with airplane engines as percussion) and Varese's Ionisation (fire engine sirens.) After this invigorating coffee break, you might have to switch to decaf.

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