For solo percussionist Colin Currie, the support of the right orchestra for his talents is musical perfection — one beat after the other.

“There are some wonderful new pieces coming into the [percussion] repertoire, and this work by Jennifer Higdon is a celebration of that,” he said of Higdon’s “Percussion Concerto,” a piece written in 2005 exclusively for Currie, and one he will reprise with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore on Thursday.