“Percussion has always been my first love in the musical world. The quartet was exciting, but taking it to the level of a full concerto was another thing altogether. A huge challenge.” —Elfman

Respighi, beloved magician of orchestral colors, pays tribute to the “Eternal City” in his richly imagined Pines of Rome, transporting you to famous pine stands around Rome…to a splendid estate, mournfully to a catacomb, to the moonlit Janiculum hill with the haunting song of a nightingale, and to the Appian Way, with blazing trumpets and the thunder of marching armies. Plus, the amazing Colin Currie, former artist-in-residence and audience favorite, raises the roof in the Concerto composed for him.

Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto

David Danzmayr , conductor
Colin Currie, percussion

Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood

Danny Elfman Percussion Concerto

John Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra

Respighi Pines of Rome