An American in Paris

ELFMAN Percussion Concerto COPLAND Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo GERSHWIN An American in Paris

JOANN FALLETTA conductor COLIN CURRIE percussion

Danny Elfman is a legend of movie music, the man whose scores for Batman and Edward Scissorhands fused rock ‘n’ roll with orchestral technicolour to dazzling effect. His Percussion Concerto is a gripping way to get to know Colin Currie – as one critic put it, “surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist”. And conductor JoAnn Falletta – an American in Liverpool – delivers a side-order of high-kicking tunes and fascinating rhythms, courtesy of Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.

Post-concert Question Time – starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (in the Music Room) with JoAnn Falletta and Colin Currie.