A string quartet and a harpist were stationed in the parlor, percussion and vibraphone could be heard on the second floor, and a violin and a woodwind trio occupied the third floor.
His large orchestra is deployed in two segments: chamber orchestra plus percussion are stationed in the pit and a wide array of other players are situated behind the stage.
The orchestra is huge, with batteries of percussion and other instruments, including harpsichord and organ, stationed on either side of the hall.
The percussion section added a 14-foot chime to produce bell sounds, which had to be stationed horizontally on stage.
Others circulated constantly, approaching each percussion station as a new and distinctive trail marker on a picturesque nature hike.
Nollen made a note of their on-stage antics saying that "it's rather entertaining as they lumber across the stage and climb on each other's percussion stations like baboons from hell".
The sections when all four musicians were walking around the sculpture, turning Calder's artwork into sound and motion, had a vivid, ritualistic power, before they returned to their percussion-stations to respond to the slow dance of the sculpture through the sounds they made.
Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear and the National: "Terrapin Station (Suite)" [ft. Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, So Percussion and Brooklyn Youth Chorus] 19.
Mr. Adams has adapted his technology for use in dramatics, at the school radio station and in the school band, where students play percussion instruments supplemented by music created by students working with switches.
As the album's opening track, "Zoo Station" introduces the band's new sound, delivering industrial-influenced percussion and several layers of distorted guitars and vocals.
