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Thrilled to be playing the Turnage concerto for drumset & orchestra with the great BBC Philharmonic. Here’s the BBC description of the concert:
“Shove a coin in the slot – and who knows what you might win! Igor Stravinsky leading a dance band? A baby elephant dancing a raucous polka? Or a magical, mechanical musical-box of a symphony from the “bad boy of American music”?
The late John McCabe got the idea for Joybox from a Japanese amusement arcade – and he wrote it especially for the BBC Phil. Tonight, it unlocks the jackpot. A whole cascade of glittering, colourful prizes comes tumbling out: miniatures by Stravinsky and Charles Ives, George Antheil’s outrageous, all-American wartime symphony, and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s kicking, biting and swinging new concerto for the great jazz drummer Peter Erskine, played by the legend himself.
Oh, and don’t forget that elephant. Roll up, roll up!”
Pip, pip!
Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s concert especially for families. Further details can be found at bbc.co.uk/philharmonic.