PLAYING PATTERNS: PERCUSSION & STRINGS

Colin Currie & Ensemble 360

Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Saturday 14 February 2026, 7.00pm

Tickets:
£23
£14 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s 

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Colin Currie playing percussion
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KEVIN VOLANS Asanga (7’)
DAVID HORNE Pulse (12’)
ANDY AKIHO Spiel (7’)
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Reminiscence (8’)
BRYCE DESSNER Tromp Miniature (7’)
ROLF WALLIN Realismos Magicos (10’)
ANDY AKIHO Aluminous (8’)
ROBERT HONSTEIN Continuous Interior (18’)
SAM ADAMS Sundial (16’) 

Virtuoso percussionist Colin Currie, described by Steve Reich as “one of the greatest musicians in the world today” and by Gramophone as “at the summit of percussion performance”, is joined by members of Ensemble 360 for this concert of life-affirming music for percussion and string quartet. Highlights include ‘Tromp Miniature’, a hypnotic, meditative marimba solo by GRAMMY-winning composer Bryce Dessner (also guitarist with rock band, The National), and Andy Akiho’s ‘Aluminous’, in which minimalist percussion loops are underscored by ravishingly expressive strings.  

Part of our Percussion, Pattern & Primes weekend. 

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“A five-star percussive performance… Almost as much drama and tension came from seeing what was happening on stage as from the sounds. ”

The Times

About the Artists

Ensemble 360 musicians

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players.