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My Symphony No 2 in E flat, "Vectis", through the good offices of my son in law's violin playing sister who lives on the Wirral Peninsular near Liverpool, was played through without timpani by the Wirral Symphony Orchestra at one of their rehearsal meetings back in 2002. Despite the lack of proper percussion, it seemed to work alright. By the way, "Vectis" is the old Roman name for the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England where I now live. Some years later a professional wind band kindly made a private recording of my Divertimento for wind quintet. I doubt very much if I shall ever get to witness a public performance of either of these works during my lifetime, having passed my 81st birthday, even though I'm still just a teenager inside. Cheers, John.