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Sir James MacMillan
Sir James MacMillan is one of today's most successful composers and is also internationally active as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European music. MacMillan enjoys a flourishing career as conductor of his own music alongside a range of contemporary and standard repertoire, praised for the composer's insight he brings to each score. In October 2014 MacMillan founded his music festival, The Cumnock Tryst, which takes place annually in his native Ayrshire. MacMillan was awarded a CBE in 2004 and a Knighthood in 2015. |
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James MacMillan : Sun-Dogs Sun-dogs is a setting of a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts. The text is richly allegorical, iconographic with a deep well of symbolism. The metaphors are complex, evoking a range of emotions and images, dark and terrifying one minute, radiant and ecstatic the next. The composer has divided the poem into five movements for large unaccompanied choir. 
James MacMillan : Tenebrae Responsories A powerful setting for 8-part choir of three of the Good Friday responses at matins: "Tenebrae factae sunt," "Tradiderunt me" and "Iesum tradidit impius." Commissioned by Cappella Nova and recorded by them on Linn Records. 20 minutes. Songlist: Tenebrae factae sunt, Tradiderunt me, Iesum tradidit impius
James MacMillan : Missa Brevis Scottish composer James MacMillan (b. 1959) composed this liturgical setting in 1977, published here for the first time. Latin text: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei. An accessible addition to the repertoire for intermediate standard choirs, but one which professional groups will also find rewarding. Songlist: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, At the conclusion
James MacMillan : A Rumoured Seed Setting of four poems by Michael Symmons Roberts for male voices a cappella, commissioned by the King's Singers and first performed by them in April 2014. MacMillan has been repeatedly drawn to Symmons Roberts's output and his selection here is from Drysalter and Corpus, with a return to the Raising Sparks collection, previously featured in the eponymous 1997 cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble. A Rumoured Seed exploits advanced vocal techniques to illuminate these evocative texts.
James MacMillan : Mass This mass was commissioned for the glory of God in the Millennium Year of Jubilee, and was first performed on the Feast of Corpus Christi by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral, London, with Andrew Reid (organ), directed by Martin Baker. The setting was adapted to the new English translation in 2012. The first performance of this version was given on the Feast of Corpus Christi 2013 by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral, with Peter Stevens (organ), directed by Martin Baker.
James MacMillan : Three Scottish Songs Words by William Soutar. Contents: Scots Song - Ballad - The Children.
James MacMillan : Cantos Sagrados The three poems here are concerned with political repression in Latin American and are deliberately coupled with traditional religious texts to emphasize a deeper solidarity with the poor of that subcontinent.
James MacMillan : The Strathclyde Motets I A collection of sacred motets, many of them for use at Communion, designed for a good, amateur church or secular choir. 35 minutes.
James MacMillan : Gloria Commissioned by St. Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, England, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cathedral's consecration. 20 minutes. |
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Based on the text After Virtue, a study in moral theory by Alasdair MacIntyre. 5 minutes.
Composer: James MacMillan
Setting of the traditional vesper hymn (Hail, O Star of the ocean), commissioned by Christopher Gray and the Choir of Truro Cathedral. The texture is homophonic and sustained, with much use of pedal points in the chord progressions, and the closing amens bring a melodic flowering in the sopranos.
Composer: James MacMillan
A rapt meditation on this sacramental medieval poem, composed to mark the 400th anniversary of the of St John Ogilvie at Glasgow Cross in 1615 in a performance by pupils from six local junior schools. Masterfully cast with young children in mind, the vocal material is expressive and diatonic throughout, with some optional divisi. The organ accompaniment is soft, with gentle manual clusters giving a punctuating effect in the outer sections, framing a central passage of sustained chordal texture. Momentary chromatic tension in the postlude is dispelled by a peaceful resolution.
Composer: James MacMillan
Tract for Ash Wednesday.
Composer: James MacMillan
James MacMillan (b. 1959) was born in Scotland, studied at Edinburgh and Durham Universities and now lives in Glasgow. His works feature Gaelic inflections and characteristic mixing of ancient and modern. This work, with text by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by James Quinn, was first performed in 1980.
Composer: James MacMillan
This motet was commissioned by the Yale Glee Club with a text from the Gospel according to St John, chapter 8:10-11 where Jesus tells the woman taken in adultery to go and sin no more. This 6-minute a cappella motet is distinguished by its full vocal textures and deep emotion-filled expression.
Arranger: James MacMillan
Christmas setting for upper voices (three parts) of a traditional 15th-century English text with Latin refrain: 'Gabriel of high degree...'/ 'Ut nova: Ave fit ex Eva'. An explanation of the Latin pun is included in the publication.
Composer: James MacMillan
This work was commissioned by the Friends of Cathedral Music to mark their Diamond Jubilee in 2016, with the intention of performance by as many of the affiliated choirs as possible. Naturally a celebratory anthem was envisaged but with a text that is general enough to allow its performance throughout the church's year. The opening section features a joyful, energetic setting of the first five verses of Psalm 105 (King James Version). A contrastingly quiet and gentle passage follows, the text being Robert Herrick s (1591-1674) To Music. A Song ('Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming spell..). The opening material then returns, with a short, ecstatic organ postlude bringing the piece to its conclusion.
Composer: James MacMillan
Words from The Altar Fire (Armenian Liturgy)
Composer: James MacMillan
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