Danny Elfman's Percussion Concerto

Danny Elfman is a legend of contemporary film music – the man whose scores for Edward Scissorhands, Batman and Corpse Bride fused pop culture with the Romantic tradition, to dazzling effect. But tonight he steps into the concert hall with a brand new percussion concerto, performed by the astonishing Colin Currie – as one critic put it, ‘surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist’. Under the baton of Alondra de la Parra, expect no holds barred, with electrifying rhythmic workouts from Leonard Bernstein and Ravel – West Side Story and Boléro – setting the mood for some serious thrills.