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Artist
James MacMillan
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalcomposerScottishscotland
about
James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful living composers, and is also internationally active as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, his Roman Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended together with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European music. MacMillan first became internationally recognised after the extraordinary success of The Confession of Isobel Gowdie at the BBC Proms in 1990. His prolific output has since been performed and broadcast around the world, placing him in the front rank of today’s composers. His major works include Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, the percussion concerto which has received more than 300 performances, a cello concerto for Mstislav Rostropovich, a major choral-orchestral work Quickening, and three symphonies. He was appointed Affiliate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 1990, and between 1992 and 2002 he was Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Music of Today series. In January 2005 MacMillan was the focus of a major retrospective in the BBC Symphony’s annual composer weekend at London’s Barbican Centre, where he conducted concerts with both the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestras. MacMillan is much in demand internationally as a conductor, and has been Composer/Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic since September 2000, where he has conducted new commissions, recording projects and performance
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MacMillan: Consecration
James MacMillan: Miserere
James MacMillan: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4
Seraph
MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni Emmanuel / Tryst
James MacMillan: Stabat Mater
Ralph Vaughan Williams & James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos
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MacMillan: St John Passion
Veni, veni, Emmanuel - MacMillan series vol. 1
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Stillness: Music of Calm in a Changing World
Macmillan, J.: 7 Last Words From the Cross / Christus Vincit / Nemo Te Condemnavit / …Here in Hiding…
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