Livestreams & Broadcasts
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra | November 2020
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
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Colin Currie Quartet
Polyphonic Concert Club | March 2021
Pereira, Akiho, Maric, Reich
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra | May 2021
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Incantations
James MacMillan (conductor)
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Concerto repertoire
*possible for chamber orchestra
Kalevi Aho
Sieidi
Andy Akiho
Percussion Concerto
Louis Andriessen
Tapdance*
Elliott Carter
Two Controversies and a Conversation*
John Corigliano
Conjurer*
Joe Duddell
Snowblind (with string ensemble)*
Ruby
Tan Dun
Concerto for Water Percussion
Peter Eötvös
Speaking Drums
Helen Grime
Percussion Concerto
HK Gruber
Into the open...
Rough Music
Jennifer Higdon
Percussion Concerto
Simon Holt
a table of noises
Robert Honstein
Juvenalia
Toshio Hosokawa
Tabi-bito
Nicole Lizee
Percussion Concerto (World premiere 2022)
Zhou Long
Da Qu
Steven Mackey
Time Release*
James MacMillan
Percussion Concerto No. 2
Veni, Veni Emmanuel*
Bruno Mantovani
Percussion Concerto (World premiere 2022)
Dave Maric
Lifetimes (with string ensemble)*
Towards Future's Embrace*
Andrew Norman
Switch
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Incantations*
Joey Roukens
Rotterdam Concerto*
Christopher Rouse
Der gerettete Alberich
Kurt Schwertsik
Now you hear me, now you don't* (with string ensemble)
Michael Torke
Rapture
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Martland Memorial
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Magma*
Julia Wolfe
riSE and fLY
Iannis Xenakis
Aïs (baritone, percussion and orchestra)
Conductors
Marin Alsop
Andrey Boreyko
Dougie Boyd
Martyn Brabbins
Baldur Brönnimann
Karel Mark Chichon
David Danzmeyer
Thomas Dausgaard
Tan Dun
Christoph Eschenbach
Thierry Fischer
Michael Francis
Mikko Franck
Fabien Gabel
James Gaffigan
Edward Gardner
HK Gruber
Giancarlo Guerrero
Matthew Halls
Håkan Hardenberger
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Antony Hermus
Manfred Honeck
Pietari Inkinen
Kristjan Järvi
Carlos Kalmar
Francois Leleux
Hannu Lintu
James MacMillan
Juanjo Mena
David Alan Miller
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Sakari Oramo
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Alondra de la Parra
Andre de Ridder
David Robertson
François-Xavier Roth
Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Peter Rundel
Kwame Ryan
Donald Runnicles
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Alexander Shelley
Leonard Slatkin
Dima Slobodeniouk
Tugan Sokhiev
Thomas Søndergård
John Storgårds
Bramwell Tovey
Osmo Vänskä
Gilbert Varga
Joshua Weilerstein
John Wilson
Solo Recital
Solo Percussion Recital
Elliott Carter Figment V
Per Norgaard Fire Over Water
Toshio Hosokawa Reminiscence
Bruno Mantovani Moi, jeu...
Interval
Iannis Xenakis Rebonds B
Karlheinz Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa
Rolf Wallin Realismos Mágicos
"His words set expectations high, and his performance exceeded them…. Currie’s white mallets blurred as they raced over bongos and tom-toms, both arms and one foot maintaining distinct rhythms. He moved with taut physicality and fierce focus, tweaking each limb’s pattern and prominence, phasing them in and out… He bowed with a smile, having rocked the house and raised the roof."
Boston Globe, December 2016
"a blistering and mesmeric performance... He erupted onto the stage, launching his programme to explosive effect with Per Norgards’ Fire over Water... The relative peace of Hosakawa’s Remembrance evoked an altogether different world, as did the wonderful mercurial qualities of both Stockhausen’s Vibra-Elufa and Ralf Wallin’s dazzling miniatures, Realismos magicos. And that was Currie’s playing: magical and dazzling to eye and ear, climaxing in the classic drum battle that is Xenakis’ Rebonds B."
Glasgow Herald, November 2016
“An evening of wonders at Wigmore Hall… Rolling tremolandos gave an effect of aural marbling, with Currie’s dexterity and control of dynamic fluctuation as awe-inspiring as the piece itself."
Times
“Currie played this virtuoso half-hour of music on instruments from tom-toms to south Asian temple blocks from memory... Currie’s virtuosity energised all and the young audience was hugely enthusiastic.”
Financial Times
Chamber projects
Colin Currie & Håkan Hardenberger
Trumpet and Percussion Duo
Joe Duddell Catch
Karlheinz Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa (solo percussion)
André Jolivet Heptade
Interval
Tobias Brostrom Dream Variations
Rolf Wallin Realismos Mágicos (solo percussion)
Brett Dean ...the scene of the crime...
“A breathtaking performance… Both players exhibited stunning virtuosity, though always at the service of musical effect, never for its own sake.” San Francisco Classical Voice
Colin Currie & JACK Quartet
Suzanne Farrin Hypersea (percussion & string quartet)
Rolf Wallin Realismos Mágicos (solo percussion)
Simon Holt Quadriga (percussion & string quartet)
Interval
Zosha di Castri String Quartet (string quartet)
Steve Martland Starry Night (percussion & string quartet)
Colin Currie & Huw Watkins (percussion & piano)
Dave Maric Predicaments
Britten Holiday Diary (solo piano)
Joe Duddell Parallel Lines
Interval
Hannah Lash C
Tansy Davies Dark Ground (solo percussion)
Helen Grime Harp of the North (solo piano)
Huw Watkins Seven Inventions
Colin Currie & Nicholas Hodges (percussion & piano)
Birtwistle Intrada for piano and percussion
Stockhausen Klavierstück V (piano)
Birtwistle Variations from the Golden Mountain (piano)
Feldman King of Denmark (percussion)
Birtwistle Intrada for piano and percussion
Interval
Stockhausen Kontakte (piano & percussion)
“The combined genius of pianist Nicholas Hodges and percussionist Colin Currie, armed with a battery of percussion and piano, made thrilling theatre out of it, amplifying the electronic cues with a visceral immediacy that brought every moment to life. The entire presentation was directional, engaging and unquestionable proof that Stockhausen was not only onto something, but way ahead of the game.” Scotsman
Colin Currie & Sam Walton (percussion), Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy (piano)
Ravel: Rhapsody Espanol M.54 for two pianos and two percussion
Rolf Wallin: Realismos mágicos (solo marimba)
Piano duo work
Interval
Bryce Dessner: Tromp Miniature (solo marimba)
Piano duo work
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
Colin Currie Quartet
The Colin Currie Quartet was formed in 2018 to present exciting and adventurous works written for percussion quartet. The group is made up of Colin Currie, Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett and Sam Walton, who form the core of the Colin Currie Group, and in this new collective they perform works by Steve Reich and branch out into other composers who have been swept along by that highly influential force.
As some of the world’s leading solo, symphonic and chamber percussionists, each player of the quartet brings a different and insightful slant to the art of chamber percussion performance, and the group will be adding substantially to its repertoire in the coming years, including a dramatic piece for four drumkits by Julia Wolfe and a new quartet by British composer Dave Maric.
In their debut season, 2018/19, they performed at the NCPA Beijing, Wigmore Hall, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Dublin’s Great Music in Irish Houses and East Neuk Festival in Scotland.
Click here to watch the Quartet's trailer.
Programme, 2020/21
Joseph Pereira Mallet Quartet
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
Julia Wolfe Dark Full Ride
Interval
Dave Maric Nascent Forms
Steve Reich Drumming (Part 1)
Programme, 2018/19 & 2019/20
Joseph Pereira Mallet Quartet
Xenakis Rebonds B
Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
Interval
Kevin Volans Four Marimbas
Steve Reich Drumming (Part 1)
“It's not possible to play this piece more vibrantly and precisely than these four did."
Arts Desk, July 2018
GramophoneColin Currie is at the summit of percussion performance today.
Guardian...the work confirms Currie’s status as an athlete and a star, as well as an outstanding musician.
SpectatorThe soloist was Colin Currie, surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist.