MacMillan, James: Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots (2008) 5'
for soprano, tenor, violin, cello and piano
Music Text
Robert Burns (E)
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
1/16/2009
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Lorna Anderson, sop / Jamie MacDougall, ten / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Composer's Notes
The Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots is one of Robert Burns most beautiful and lesser known poems. I decided to set it to mark the 2009 celebrations of the 250th year since his birth. Burns lived and worked in Ayrshire where I grew up, and his memory and legacy was important to me in my formative years. My setting of this text, although short, is shaped like a little dramatic scena, where Mary’s words are divided between soprano and tenor soloists. They are accompanied sparsely and intimately by violin, cello and piano.
James MacMillan, January 2009
for soprano, tenor, violin, cello and piano
Music Text
Robert Burns (E)
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
1/16/2009
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Lorna Anderson, sop / Jamie MacDougall, ten / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Composer's Notes
The Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots is one of Robert Burns most beautiful and lesser known poems. I decided to set it to mark the 2009 celebrations of the 250th year since his birth. Burns lived and worked in Ayrshire where I grew up, and his memory and legacy was important to me in my formative years. My setting of this text, although short, is shaped like a little dramatic scena, where Mary’s words are divided between soprano and tenor soloists. They are accompanied sparsely and intimately by violin, cello and piano.
James MacMillan, January 2009
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