Colin Currie discusses James MacMillan's Percussion Concerto No. 2, what makes good music for percussion and the choreographed movements of moving between a stage full of instruments.

Kristin Kuster wanted her piece MOXIE to have an immediate festive atmosphere that grabs an audience, but inside the piece she also built a musical cipher tribute to Maestra Marin Alsop that audiences might not catch at first listen.

Mason Bates talks about performing his piece Mothership with the BSO, balancing composing with his other artistic interests and his work on a new Steve Jobs opera.