HK Gruber - Percussion Concertos
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Label: Colin Currie Records
Cat No: CCR0004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 19th March 2021
Contents
Artists
Colin Currie (percussion)BBC Philharmonic
Conductors
Juanjo MenaJohn Storgards
Works
Rough Musicinto the open...
Artists
Colin Currie (percussion)BBC Philharmonic
Conductors
Juanjo MenaJohn Storgards
About
“To write one masterpiece for solo percussion and orchestra may be regarded as an adventure; to write two combines for a colossus. Such is the case for the dual works on this recording, which span the full creative freedom, magic, daring and brilliance of Mr HK Gruber, or ‘Nali’ to those who know him.
“I would fall under his spell certainly in October 2001 in Leipzig, when we first worked together, but just as likely back in July 1999 when I attended the world premiere of his trumpet concerto Aerial at the BBC Proms, written for our magnificent mutual friend, Håkan Hardenberger.
“In either event, a scene was being set, longer term, for my very own ‘Nali World Premiere’ at the Royal Albert Hall, in July 2015 – the performance of ‘into the open...’ presented here.
“If that work encapsulates the very latest in contemporary percussion endeavour, ‘Rough Music’ (1982-83), for all its swagger, is an early example of a percussion concerto.
“For the composer, antecedents were few, with concertos by André Jolivet and Darius Milhaud (a work composed in 1929-30!) named as scant examples of the existing repertoire. A graduate of the Vienna Boys Choir, Nali was at that time seated on the Co-Principal Double Bass chair of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, and his Principal Timpanist colleague, Gerald Fromme, asked him about the possibility of a concerto.
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