Concerto for snare drum and percussion ensemble

And there is another close to us: Santtu-Matias Rouvali, since 2017 the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor. Here we get a rare insight into his handling of mallets and sticks together with the orchestra’s percussionists. Principal percussionist Roger Carlsson is the soloist in the Icelandic composer Áskell Másson’s Concerto for snare drum and percussion ensemble – a formidable demonstration of what you can do with the modest drum that in the hands of a skilled soloist blossoms into a full-fledged concert instrument.