Just to say I went to a recital by the lovely Colin Currie yesterday. Was great fun and he seemed to cope well with the fact that half the audience consisted of children screaming that they wanted to go to the toilet...

Anyone else seem Colin perform?

I heard him perform on Radio 3 once, he was very good.

I'm not a percussion player myself, its one of those things I would always have liked to do. I agree with comments about Colin, he's just as good as Evelyn now. Though I have to say I have heard Evelyn do 'Veni Veni' twice live, once in Singapore, and once at the RFH. That takes some beating. (Pun not intended)

I saw him perform 'Ruby' a couple of years ago in Glasgow. It's quite a visual spectacle .

I like that about percussion, that it's always visual, especially if there are a lot of instruments. The performers usually look like they are having fun, I know I would!

He's a fantastic percussionist ; I was lucky to go to a concert where a group of percussionists ( including him) performed works by Steve Reich at a late night prom in August. He took part in "Clapping Music" , "Nagoya Marimbas" "Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ" and "Drumming"- one of my musical highlights of the year.