Hallé St Peter's, Ancoats, Manchester. Animated Brash Child-like Eccentric Energetic Harsh Lively Playful Quirky Scattered Tense/Anxious. Nicholas Collon, Colin Currie, Hallé Orchestra, Chloë Hanslip. Simon Holt: A Table of Noises; St Vitus in the Kettle; Witness to a Snow Miracle. A drawer full of eyes. Nicholas Collon, Colin Currie, Chloë Hanslip, Hallé Orchestra.

A Table of Noises: IX. Table top-Ghost five 10. A Table of Noises: X. Under glass 11. St Vitus in the Kettle 12. Witness to a Snow Miracle: I. Eulalia of Merida 13. Witness to a Snow Miracle: II. The tearing, the burning 1. In 2007 Currie played the Higdon Percussion Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Alsop. This acclaimed live performance was issued on the LPO label in 2009 and became a 2010 Grammy winner for Best Contemporary Composition. Currie was appointed artist-in-residence at Southbank Centre, London, for the 2011-2012 season.

Nicholas Collon leads the Hallé Orchestra on a programme showcasing multiple award-winning composer Simon Holt's highly narrative orchestral works. His violin concerto Witness to a Snow Miracle, performed here by the prodigiously talented Chloe Hanslip, depicts the story of the life and particularly gruesome death of St. Eulalia of Merida. Holt's other award-winning concerto is a much more upbeat and quirky affair

His violin concerto witness to a snow miracle here performed by the prodigiously talented Chloë Hanslip depicts the story of the life, and particularly gruesome death, of St Eulalia of Merida. From the initial, frenzied cadenza in the solo violin we get a sense of the torment and horror the saint suffered at the hands of the Romans: her flesh torn with hooks, flames applied to the wounds,and her body buried in hot coals. Holt's other award-winning concerto on this album is a much more upbeat and quirky affair. Written for and performed on this recording by one of the world's finest percussionists, Colin Currie, a table of noises introduces us to Holt's taxidermist great uncle Ashworth, a kind of maverick tor. Currie says this percussion concerto exuberantly tears up the manual on how to approach the medium and I am thrilled with the idiosyncratic, adventurous results.

Solo Soloist Colin Currie. Orchestra Orchestra Hallé Orchestra. Conductor Conductor Nicholas Collon. Solo Soloist Chloë Hanslip. His violin concerto witness to a snow miracle – here performed by the prodigiously talented Chloë Hanslip – depicts the story of the life, and particularly gruesome death, of St Eulalia of Merida. From the initial, frenzied cadenza in the solo violin we get a sense of the torment and horror the saint suffered at the hands of the Romans: her flesh torn with hooks, flames applied to the wounds, and her body buried in hot coals. A blanket of snow fell on her ashes, at which point she was declared a saint. The short, dazzling, orchestral work St Vitus in the kettle was commissioned by BBC National Orchestra of Wales during Holt's tenure as ion (2008-2014). The grisly end for this saint was a cauldron of boiling hot lead!

By Simon Holt, Colin Currie, Chloë Hanslip, Hallé, Nicholas Collon. 1. A Table of Noises: I. JUTE. 2. A Table of Noises: II. Ghost one. 0:370:30. 3. A Table of Noises: III. Fly. 3:350:30. 4. A Table of Noises: IV. Ghost two. 1:030:30. 5. A Table of Noises: V. 6. A Table of Noises: VI. Ghost three. 7. A Table of Noises: VII. Skennin' Mary. 8. A Table of Noises: VIII. 9. A Table of Noises: IX. Table top - Ghost five. 10. Under glass.

Imagine a quixotic portrait of somebody’s taxidermist great-uncle. There could be musical pictures of a drawer full of eyes, or a display cabinet of stuffed animals, not to mention his dog, asleep standing up. This is Simon Holt’s affectionate, quick-witted, sometimes haunting a table of noises, for percussionist, seated at a table with multiple instruments, and orchestra. Ever ready to shine, Colin Currie is the brilliant soloist in this entertaining work, composed in 2007. Nicholas Collon also conducts the Hallé in St Vitus in the kettle and witness to a snow.

Recorded with the Hallé Orchestra, the album features percussion concerto a table of noises with soloist Colin Currie, violin concert witness to a snow miracle with soloist Chloë Hanslip, and orchestral work St Vitus in the kettle. The album showcases Holt’s highly narrative orchestral compositions. witness to a snow miracle depicts the story of the life, and particularly gruesome death, of St Eulalia of Merida, while a table of noises is inspired by Holt’s memories of a great uncle who was a one-legged taxidermist and limits the instrumentalist to the instruments they can fit on a table. The tearing, the burning 14.

Simon Holt: a table of noises, opening. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (Recorded live at Birmingham Symphony Hall - world premiere). MacMillan: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, excerpt. Simon Holt: a table of noises. Colin Currie, percussion, Chloë Hanslip, violin The Hallé Orchestra, cond. Holt a table of noises, St Vitus in the kettle, witness to a snow miracle. NMC Recordings (2017). Elliott Carter: Two Controversies and a Conversation. Colin Currie, percussion, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, cond. Carter Interventions, Dialogues, Dialogues II, Soundings, Two Controversies and a Conversation, Instances, Epigrams.