John Cushing, the clarinet soloist, was principal clarinet of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for many years and is a professor of clarinet at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Compositional Technique
MacMillan's trumpet concerto, Epiclesis, uses a very large thundersheet, a percussion instrument, stroked with a rubber-tipped superball to produce an ominous growling sound.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The belief in the truth of transubstantiation, a Roman Catholic doctrine, is central to composer James MacMillan's faith and determines the course of his trumpet concerto, Epiclesis.
Performer Biography
Alexander Lazarev, the conductor, was chief conductor and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1987 to 1995 and founded the Ensemble of Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre to perform contemporary music.
Composer Biography
James MacMillan, the composer, was a former trumpet player himself, which influences his writing for the instrument.
Composition History
The clarinet concerto, Ninian, is dedicated to John Cushing, who gave its world premiere in Glasgow.
Performer Biography
John Wallace, the trumpet soloist, has made a major contribution to the development of the trumpet repertoire by premiering concertos by distinguished contemporary composers.
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