This programme focuses on the breaking apart of a percussion quartet – and maximising the results possible from these four musical satellites. Inspired by the ‘multiple sound groups’ of early Steve Reich works such as Drumming, Colin Currie Quartet investigate layer upon layer of homogenous percussive sonority. From the four bass drums of the John Luther Adams, spread out as far apart as possible to all four corners of the hall, to the intimacy of Rolf Wallin’s Twine which, from its gentle opening, has two musicians locked into the same pitches on wooden keyboards, they also present the thrilling multiple drum kits of Julia Wolfe and the highly-celebrated quartet by David Lang for which each player using an identical sonic tool kit.
