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Sensational Scottish percussionist Colin Currie joins Bill Eddins for a magical night on the Masters. Of H.K. Gruber’s percussion concerto, Gramophone magazine wrote: “it is surprising Rough Music has not achieved greater prominence, as it has few equals for subtlety and resourcefulness.” Stravinsky’s ballet based on the music of Tchaikovsky is both delicate and wistful. And if it is possible that Beethoven also had an underestimated work, it is likely his surprisingly deep and rich Fourth Symphony.

Learn more about the performance at Symphony Prelude: 7:15 pm in the Upper Circle (Third Level) Lobby.

H.K. Gruber: Rough Music: Concerto for Percussion
Stravinsky: The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

$71 Dress Circle (A)
$61 Terrace (B)
$52 Orchestra (C)
$38 Upper Circle (D)
$28 Gallery (E)
$20 Orchestra Front (F)
(click seating map for interactive version)

Tickets subject to applicable service charges.

This performance will be available for purchase on Tuesday, August 17 at 10 am. Subscriptions to the Landmark Classic Masters series are currently available.

The next Landmark Classic Masters performance is Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony on February 26, 2011.

Program Information

Stravinsky: Divertimento from Le baiser de la fée / The Fairy’s Kiss (25')*

H.K. Gruber: Rough Music - Concerto for Percussion(26')*
Colin Currie, percussion

Intermission

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60(34')*

*Indicates approximate performance duration

Artist Information

William Eddins, conductor

William Eddins is in his sixth season as Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure, he has made it a priority that he conduct performances in nearly every subscription series the orchestra has presented, as well as a wide variety of special concerts and galas.

Bill Eddins began playing the piano at age five, but was bitten by the conducting bug while in his sophomore year at the Eastman School of Music. In 1989, he decided to begin conducting studies with Daniel Lewis at the University of Southern California. Assistant Conductorships with both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony (the latter under the leadership of Daniel Barenboim) honed his skills even further.

Mr. Eddins has many interests outside music. He is fond of biking, tennis, reading, pinball, and cooking. He recently completed building his own recording studio at his home in Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife Jen (a clarinetist), and their sons Raef and Riley. While conducting has been his principal pursuit, he continues to perform on piano in Edmonton and elsewhere. He accepts a limited number of guest appearances each year. In 2008, he conducted a rare full staging of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for Opéra de Lyon, which won him great acclaim, leading to a repeat engagement in Lyon in July and September 2010, as well as Edinburgh in August 2010, and in London in September 2010. During August 2009, Bill toured South Africa, conducting three gala concerts with soprano Renée Fleming and the kwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra.