Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots
(2008)for soprano, tenor, violin, cello and piano
Dauer: 5'
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Robert Burns (E)
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Boosey & Hawkes
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World Premiere
16/01/2009
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Lorna Anderson, sop / Jamie MacDougall, ten / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Anmerkungen des Komponisten
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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