Performance on 3 - 06/06/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a performance given by the CBSO in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, featuring the premiere of Simon Holt's latest percussion concerto, inspired by childhood memories of his great uncle, a one-legged taxidermist. The programme also incorporates Russian music, with a centenary tribute to Rimsky-Korsakov as well as Rachmaninov's last orchestral work - the Symphonic Dances. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite Holt: A Table of Noises (world premiere) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Colin Currie (percussion) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor).