Macmillan, J.: Triduum, Part I: The World's Ransoming / Triduum, Part Ii: Cello Concerto

Featuring

Osmo Vänskä
Christine Pendrill
Raphael Wallfisch
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
James MacMillan

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Composer's Artistic Vision

MacMillan's music is deeply influenced by his strong Catholic faith, which he uses to channel and typify potent emotions, often exposing the heart's darkness.

Historical Context

The emotional core of the Cello Concerto, "The Reproaches," was profoundly affected by the 1996 Dunblane school massacre in Scotland.

Compositional Technique

MacMillan's Cello Concerto uniquely fuses concerto form with the symphonic tone poem, setting the combination "ablaze."

Composer Biography

James MacMillan, born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1959, gained public attention with his orchestral score The Confession of Isobel Gowdie in 1990.

Composition History

The Cello Concerto, part of MacMillan's Triduum, is dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, a renowned cellist who specially requested the work.

Performer Biography

Christine Pendrill, the principal cor anglais player of the London Symphony Orchestra, was the first woman to serve on the orchestra's Board of Directors in its 80-year history.