This concert is online/on-air only
You can listen live via 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 and 91Èȱ¬ Sounds
Programme
- Percussion ConcertoUK Premiere
- Don Giovanni – overture
- Symphony No. 2 in D major
Performers
- Colin Curriepercussion
- Chloé van Soeterstèdeconductor
Concert Information
Colin Currie is a BIG fan of Dutch composer Joey Roukens. He’s called the work he’s playing here ‘one of the repertoire's great concertos… resplendent in colour and life, it is 40 minutes of adventure and emotion.’ Enough said. There’s plenty of life, too, in our wonderful conductor Chloé van Soeterstède, who’ll bring energy and insight to Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture, and Beethoven’s Second Symphony. Written at the onset of his deafness, it’s a symphony that’s both sunny and powerful, as if the composer is enjoying flexing his ever-developing musical muscles.
The concert is broadcast as part of a week of music from Scotland on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3; it is presented by Jamie MacDougall.