This past weekend’s concerts were built around pieces that had a very good amount of percussion in them, including the centerpiece of the concert, Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto, with the Scottish percussion soloist Colin Currie. Percussion instruments are always great for audiences to see and hear in a featured role – you don’t often get
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Jennifer Higdon, who has a familial connection to Portland, will be returning to oversee the Oregon Symphony rehearsals and performances of her Percussion Concerto (2005), with percussion superstar Colin Currie. It will be a great pleasure to see her, and I hope to have some sort of special blog feature on her available during that
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On heels of the Percussion Concerto receiving a GRAMMY, and its being programmed on next year’s Oregon Symphony season, I thought it might be nice to get a preview. Here’s Colin Currie (who will play the piece here in Portland) with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. This appears to be a cadenza with participation from the
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Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto (which will be performed by Colin Currie and the Oregon Symphony next season) has won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition! The recording which was nominated and won featured Colin Currie and Marin Alsop with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It’s available on the London Philharmonic’s own label.
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