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Barbican, London The Britten Sinfonia has a lot to celebrate. At 20 years old, East Anglia's chamber orchestra has a stronger identity than ever...
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Choir of Merton College, Oxford/Nicholas; Phillips; Anna Steppler (organ) (Delphian) It's early for Advent (2 December), but let's assume the audi...
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Post concert reception with @ ianbostridge and James MacMillan: twitter.com/GeraldFinley/s…
-- Gerald Finley (@GeraldFinley) August 28, 2012
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Greyfriars Kirk James MacMillan 's Since It Was the Day of Preparation is a kind of sequel to his huge St John Passion of 2008. The forces here...
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Rita Ora, On tour As anyone aware of that little-known recording artist Rihanna will already know, Jay-Z sets the bar quite high when it comes to...
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James MacMillan’s composition is a litany of Biblical narrative interspersed with instrumental solos and Latin liturgies, writes Andrew Clark
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Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
The historic Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, was packed on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 (sold out weeks in ad...
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It was fitting that in this Year of Creative Scotland, the Edinburgh International Festival should honour James MacMillan’s contribution to Scottis...
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Juliet Williams reports on the world premiere of James Macmillan's Since it was the day of preparation... at the Edinburgh International Festiva...
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The BBC Proms is massive and rich festival with lots of moving parts. What one makes of any one season largely depends on which slice of it one hap...
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Glyndebourne, East Sussex; Royal Albert Hall, London Artifice and technical perfection: chilling terms when applied to almost any work of art outs...
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The Edinburgh International Festival trumps the BBC Proms with Frederick Delius A Mass of Life . This year's Proms have been big on massed choirs...
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Bruckner was well suited to the Royal Albert Hall but a new work by James Macmillan failed to make much sense, Richard Fairman writes
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Royal Albert Hall, London Though his Catholic faith has provided a central foundation of his output, and he has previously composed masses for lit...
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Since the first item of Prom 31 was James Macmillan's ‘Fanfare Upon One Note’, it looked - when the orchestra broke into the national anthem - as t...
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Royal Albert Hall, London Sunday's two Proms continued the weekend's focus on youth with their extraordinary line-ups of performers. In the aftern...
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Platinum Consort/Inglis-Kidger (Resonus) This is a hugely impressive debut from the Platinum Consort, a professional choir comprising former Cam...
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The August 2012 Edinburgh International Festival is a three-week extravaganza of the world's best in music, opera, theater and dance. And, this yea...
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Nicola Benedetti – Fantasie
British violinist Nicola Benedetti presents her fourth album, “Fantasie”, a selection of well-loved violin pieces th...
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James MacMillan: Mitte manum tuam Convivium Singers Stretch forth your hand, and feel the place where the nails were, alleluia; and be not doubtful...
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