Colin Currie Group celebrates The Martland Band

This Friday 17 April, the Colin Currie Group return to London’s Kings Place to perform an all-Steve Martland programme as part of the venue’s wider tribute to the composer across their season.

The Group will, as usual, be led by Colin, who will perform on marimba in Horses of Instruction and Starry Night, and will also conduct the larger band in the second half of the concert. For Colin, Steve Martland was both a mentor and friend, and performed in the Steve Martland Band in some of his earliest professional engagements as a percussionist.

Colin second from left in the original Steve Martland band.

The band will be hand-picked by Currie for this special performance, and will feature musicians who played in the original Martland Band, or have other connections to the composer and his music. The programme will revive some of his best known band works: Kick, Beat the Retreat and Eternal Delight.

Watch a special feature video with Colin and Kings Place ahead of the concert below: