James MacMillan
@jamesmacm
Scottish composer and conductor. Artistic director of @TheCumnockTryst This account is run by @Boosey and JM. Personal tweets signed JM.
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Celebrate #WorldVoiceDay with Vidi Aquam, MacMillan's 40-part motet for ORA Singers. Taking Tallis's 'Spem in Alium' as inspo, the work explores the power of 40 voices, hearkening back to 16th century polyphony, then shifting into modern textures. Listen: open.spotify.com/track/1jNhegeP…
Tonight sees the Estonian premiere of MacMillan's 'Composed in August', a 20-min Robert Burns setting in which the poet’s love of nature is contrasted + interwoven with his love of a young woman. Audiences can listen out for Scottish folk influences!🎼
Toi toi Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir!🎉
Join the Colin Currie Quartet for the launch of The Cumnock Tryst 10th Birthday Festival!
📅 Saturday 20th April 7.30pm
Boswell Centre, Auchinleck
🎉🎟thecumnocktryst.com/colin-currie-q…
Congrats to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on the launch of their wonderful 2024:25 season.
We are delighted to feature along with our good friends Dunedin Consort with James MacMillan powerful 'Since it was the day or Preparation...'
🗓️ 27 Oct 2024 - New Auditorium, Glasgow
🎟️rsno.org.uk/liveevent/rsno…
Listen back to the world premiere of MacMillan's 'Composed in August' with Scottish Chamber Orchestra, thanks to BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
BBC Radio 3 🎉🎼
Genius programming around a world premiere from James MacMillan including Berlioz with Karen Cargill on her best form voxcarnyx.com/2024/03/24/sco…
There's an epic concert line-up in Scotland this eve, as we present not 1️⃣ but 2️⃣ Boosey premieres:
⭐World premiere of James MacMillan's Composed in August w/ Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus + #MaximEmelyanychev
⭐Scottish premiere of Mark Simpson's Violin Concerto w/ Nicola Benedetti & Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra's concert in Edinburgh this evening features the world premiere of James MacMillan's 'Composed in August' - a new choral setting of a poem by Robert Burns.
🎟️ Book tickets: loom.ly/AS70jGs
This week, James MacMillan's 'Composed in August' receives its world premiere. Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus perform the new Robert Burns setting conducted by #MaximEmelyanychev in celebration of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary. Check out the SCO's interview with James: sco.org.uk/news/sir-james…
Last week, audiences at Barbican Centre were treated to the UK premiere of James MacMillan's Fiat Lux!🙌
James was awarded the The Ivors Academy Fellowship on the night. Bravo tutti! 👏
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🎶Soundtrack: Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, which also featured!
Thank you and congratulations to composer & conductor James MacMillan, superb soloists Mary Bevan & Roderick Williams & the BBC Symphony Chorus for a wonderful evening featuring the UK premiere of MacMillan’s Fiat Lux 💐💐
📻 Listen now BBC Sounds
Tune into Scala Radio this morning at 11:30AM to hear James in conversation with Penny Smith.
They'll be discussing his The Ivors Academy Fellowship, The Cumnock Tryst activities and his wider career and music.🎉
📻Listen here: planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/pl…
Sir James MacMillan becomes a Fellow of The The Ivors Academy, recognising his legacy in contemporary composition🏆
The Fellowship will be awarded at the European premiere of his work Fiat Lux tomorrow night
Barbican Centre with BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus🎶
Read more: ivorsacademy.com/news/sir-james…
