One of MacMillan’s earliest successes was his first percussion concerto Veni Veni Emmanuel (1992) firmly established with hundreds of performances to date. Percussion Concerto no 2 was therefore received with great excitement at its premiere in 2014 by Colin Currie and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Like its predecessor the second concerto is formed in a single c25-minute span albeit with contrasting sections but with full orchestra scoring. The significant array of solo percussion is complemented by two orchestral percussion sections
