Colin (right) recording at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall with conductor JoAnn Falletta and composer Danny Elfman
Following a successful US tour of Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto, Colin has released a recording of the piece for Sony Classical with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta. The full album will be released on Friday 17 May, but you can listen to the first single now.
Elfman wrote the Concerto specifically for Colin, praising him as “an extraordinary musician who would be great to collaborate with”, and the piece exploits his typically lush and cinematic style. “The audience were captivated by Colin Currie’s every move as he performed the piece. Darting across the stage between instruments, Currie is a true showman,” wrote Amy Melling (Abundant Art) of the US premiere.
The album is completed by Elfman’s Wunderkammer, which he describes as a concerto for orchestra, and a short choral piece in French, ‘Are you lost?’, from Elfman’s song-cycle Trio.
The first movement from the concerto is available to stream now.