MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories & Other Choral Works
7/28/2023, 14 Tracks, 1:12:57
Featuring
Martin Baker
Peter Stevens
Westminster Cathedral Choir
London Brass
James MacMillan
Anonymous (Gregorian Chant)
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Composer's Artistic Vision
MacMillan's only secular work on this recording, After Virtue, is a setting of the final page of Alasdair MacIntyre's book of the same name, warning against barbarity.
Composer's Artistic Vision
MacMillan composes music of varying difficulty without compromising his artistic integrity, understanding the limited resources and musical expertise of many churches.
Compositional Technique
As a former brass player, MacMillan found it exciting to combine voices with brass, percussion, and organ in pieces like Tu es Petrus and Summae Trinitati.
Composition History
The Tenebrae Responsories, a major choral work by MacMillan, was written for Cappella Nova in 2006 and premiered in Glasgow the following year.
Composer Biography
James MacMillan, the composer, is a deeply committed Catholic and an active church musician who directs his local church choir in Glasgow.
Composition History
Tu es Petrus was written for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Westminster Cathedral in 2010, using a text appropriate for St Peter's successor.
Composition History
The Edinburgh Te Deum was composed by MacMillan in 1978 while he was an undergraduate at Edinburgh University, but it was not premiered until 2011.
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Translations
Symphonialis est anima - Chorwerke von Enjott Schneider
