Macmillan James - Hb To Mb - Cello

Extended instrumental solo taken from MacMillan's 70-90-minute 'Since it was the day of Preparation ? ' for voices and ensemble, commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh International Festival, Soli Deo Gloria and Kings Place, and first performed by the Hebrides Ensemble at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.The parent work sets the Resurrection narratives from St John's Gospel. Five instrumental solos for different instruments (theorbo, cello, clarinet, harp, horn) are reproduced unabridged. They serve as prologue and interludes at respective points of the work. / Violoncelle

James MacMillan's music is notable for its extraordinary directness energy and emotional power. These seven intermediate pieces for Cello and Piano were commissioned with funding from the Scottish Arts Council. The piano accompaniment part is also included on a separate insert.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1328-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1328. Macmillan J

De cette, MacMillan deuxième quatuor a été commandée en 1998 par le Quatuor Maggini. Titre de le oeuvre est tiré le rite juif de commémoration dans la nuit du Seder, qui est qui, avant le début de Pessah (Pâque). Ici, la famille célèbre la fuite des enfants d'Israël d'Egypte. Le plus jeune demande ' pourquoi est ce soir différent de tous les autres nuits? ' avant que le père rapporte le conte de vol et de libération de l'esclavage. Le drame de l'histoire, la figure centralement importante de l'enfant dans le rituel, le degré de proximité entre exaltation et le désespoir et entre joie et de peur ensemble suggéré les archétypes qui se cachent derrière l'intérêt pour la musique de MacMillan. Ils ont fourni l'étincelle initiale d'inspiration pour cette pièce. Le travail est coulé dans une travée unique comprenant plusieurs sections contrastées. / Quatuor A Cordes

Extended instrumental solo taken from MacMillan's 70-90-minute 'Since it was the day of Preparation ? ' for voices and ensemble, commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh International Festival, Soli Deo Gloria and Kings Place, and first performed by the Hebrides Ensemble at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.The parent work sets the Resurrection narratives from St John's Gospel. Five instrumental solos for different instruments (theorbo, cello, clarinet, harp, horn) are reproduced unabridged. They serve as prologue and interludes at respective points of the work. / Ensemble

Extended instrumental solo taken from MacMillan's 70-90-minute 'Since it was the day of Preparation ? ' for voices and ensemble, commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh International Festival, Soli Deo Gloria and Kings Place, and first performed by the Hebrides Ensemble at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.The parent work sets the Resurrection narratives from St John's Gospel. Five instrumental solos for different instruments (theorbo, cello, clarinet, harp, horn) are reproduced unabridged. They serve as prologue and interludes at respective points of the work. / Clarinette

Unlike MacMillan’s first three symphonies Symphony no 4 (2014 15) is essentially abstract. Here he is interested in the interplay of different types of material following upon a fascination with music as ritual that has stretched from Monteverdi in the early 17th century through to Boulez and Birtwistle in the present day. There are four distinct archetypes in this work which can be viewed as rituals of movement exhortation petition and joy. It is also a homage to Robert Carver (c1487 after 1566) the most important Scottish composer of the High Renaissance. There are allusions to Carver’s 10-voice Mass Dum sacrum mysterium embedded in the symphony and at anumber of points it emerges from across the centuries in a more discernible form: the vocal lines are muted and muffled literally in the distance as they are played delicately by the back desks of the violas cellos and double basses.