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2021-05-22 08:42:40
Fiendish, but fantastic: after a long relationship with the composer, percussionist Colin Currie has recorded both of HK Gruber's percussion concertos
Colin Currie The percussionist Colin Currie has a new disc out, his own label, Colin Currie Records. Having previously issued Steve Reich's Drumming, a duet disc with trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, Scene of the Crime, and Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton on the label, the new disc has percussion concertos by the Austrian composer, conductor and chansonnier HK Gruber. Featuring two live recordings with the BBC Philharmonic and conductors Juanjo Mena and John Storgårds, the disc sees Colin performing Gruber's Rough Music from 1982-83 and into the open..., which Colin premiered at the BBC Proms in 2015. I recently met up with Colin, via Zoom, to chat about H.K. Gruber, Colin's connection to Steve Reich's music, what makes a good percussion concerto and more. One of the reasons that Colin wanted to issue the disc was that he feels the Gruber concertos have a […]
2019-09-28 05:24:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 28, 2019
More Orchestras Join InsideOut Concerts for 19/20 SeasonAfter last season's sold-out concerts and much media acclaim, InsideOut Concerts - the innovative, audience-within-an-orchestra format created by Music Director David Bernard - announces ramped-up activities for the 2019-20 season. These include a greater number of concerts than ever before, the strengthening of old partnerships and the establishment of new ones. Headlines include a return to the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in New York City (as part of the orchestra's twentieth anniversary celebrations), a first public concert with the Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra, and a debut with the Danbury Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut. InsideOut Concerts are highly interactive experiences which seat audiences inside a full symphony orchestra as part of a dynamic and developed program, designed to help orchestras grow their audiences, improve donor participation, and deliver meaningful outreach to families and children in the community. Developed and led by David Bernard, InsideOut Concerts […]
2018-05-23 01:07:23
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of
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2017-10-23 17:45:54
Simon Rattle loses a London leader
We’ve just heard on social media that Gordan Nikolic has played his last concert as leader (concertmaster) of the London Symphony Orchestra and is moving to the exciting German province of Saarbrücken. Nikolic, 49, has been a strong leader of the LSO for 20 years. He was recently named artistic director of the Netherlands Chamber […]
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