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James MacMillan

 b. 1959James MacMillan Photo © Eric Richmond / ArenaPAL

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James MacMillan is the pre-eminent Scottish composer of his generation * Attracted attention with acclaimed BBC Proms premiere of The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990) * Music combines rhythmic excitement, raw emotional power and spiritual meditation * Percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992) has received over 400 performances * Programmed worldwide by orchestras including London Symphony Orchestra, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and Cleveland Orchestra * Featured composer at Edinburgh Festival (1993), South Bank Centre in London (1997) and BBC Barbican Composer Weekend (2005) * Interpreters include soloists Evelyn Glennie, Wayne Marshall, Colin Currie, conductors Slatkin, Rostropovich, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davis, Vänska, Alsop, Maksymiuk, Runnicles and Brabbins, and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon * Recordings on BMG/RCA Red Seal, BIS, Chandos, Naxos, Hyperion, Coro and Black Box

Works by James MacMillan include:
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992) for percussion and orchestra
Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993) Cantata for choir and strings
Quickening (1998) for soloists (ATTB), children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra

View our new web guide to MacMillan's choral music (PDF).

Looking Ahead: US premiere of St John Passion by Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis (21-23 Jan 2010); new violin concerto for Vadim Repin co-commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, Zaterdag Matinee and Philadelphia Orchestra, to be premiered with LSO and Valery Gergiev (May 2010); new piano concerto for Minnesota Orchestra and Jean-Yves Thibaudet (premiere 2010/11 season)

"...a composer so confident of his own musical language that he makes it instantly communicative to his listeners." — The Guardian

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