Welcome to New Vienna! Austrian composer/conductor HK Gruber returns to New World Symphony for the U.S. Premiere of one of his own compositions and works by Vienna’s other musical mavericks. Hailed as “the world’s finest and most daring percussionist,” Colin Currie dazzles with a global array of instruments in Into the open, from its meditative start to its frenzied climax. Spend 24 hours in the life of a crazed canine in Bernd Richard Deutsch’s Mad Dog, complete with playful romps, cautionary growls and fitful naps. Delve into the “lost world between tradition and renewal” in Kurt Schwertsik’s Nachtmusiken, where you will find odes to the Viennese waltz and hints of Janáček and Mahler. Tickets are $20 and $30 which include a special pre-concert chat about the evening’s program with select NWS Fellows at 6:30 p.m.