b. 1959 Scottish composer Widely considered Scotland’s leading living composer, Macmillan achieved almost overnight recognition with his orchestral piece The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990), which commemorates a victim of the seventeenth-century Scottish witch-hunts. The work embodied three themes that would establish themselves in his later output: an interest in Scottish subject-matter and folk traditions (Tuireadh, 1991; From Ayrshire ...
there are some examples of these new additions to the orchestra being played by other instrumentalists (such as in the percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992) by James Macmillan (b. 1959), where all the orchestra’s members end the work by playing tiny handbells), usually it is the percussionist’s job to play instruments trouvés. It is interesting to note that ...
dance score, Ocean’s Kingdom (2011), for the New York City Ballet. Recommended Recording: Standing Stone, LSO (cond) Lawrence Foster (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | James Macmillan | Contemporary | Classical ...
also characterize the work of a number of composers: John Tavener (1944–2013) and Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) have drawn on the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Henryk Górecki (1933–2010) and James Macmillan (b. 1959) on Roman Catholicism and Sofiya Gubaydulina (b. 1931) on elements of both. The Age of Mass Production A musical culture already dominated by recording received further impetus with ...
Cover The photograph that would adorn the cover of Abbey Road was shot on the hot sunny morning of 8 August. A policeman temporarily held up traffic while photographer Ian Macmillan climbed up a step ladder in the middle of the road and took the now-iconic shot of The Beatles walking across the pedestrian crossing. The idea was McCartney’s, and ...
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