Pity the poor percussionist in Mozart's day. He didn't have much to do in the orchestra, save for the occasional punctuating roll of the kettledrum (usually supporting a burst of brass) or the rare ...
Colin Currie, percussionist extraordinaire, couldn’t elevate Helen Grime’s new concerto at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) Review by Patrick Rucker It ...
Percussion concertos. God love 'em. As those energetic rhythmicists Olly and Owen of O Duo tell me in today's paper, they hope the concerto that Stephen McNeff has written for them and the BBC ...
L’Américain Michael Daugherty, né en 1954, s’intéresse aux atmosphères du monde contemporain. Ce nouveau CD Naxos, enregistré par un orchestre un peu « gris », titre sur Dreamachine, un concerto pour ...
Pantonal Juan Guinjoan, Composer Galicia Symphony Orchestra Neville Marriner, Conductor His music is beautifully written, his facility with the orchestra (one of classical dimensions here) and his ...
In the preamble to her new percussion concerto, composer Sally Beamish writes the following dedication: "The piece is a result of many happy conversations with Colin, and draws on the breadth of his ...
Creative networking among central Ohio classical musicians led to the premiere of a new percussion concerto this weekend by the New Albany Symphony Orchestra. In January 2019, Columbus Symphony ...