Macmillan: Tryst / I (A Meditation On Iona) / Adam
5/1/2000, 4 Tracks, 58:42
Featuring
Joseph Swensen
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
James MacMillan
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Performer Biography
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, formed in 1974, has an international role as one of Scotland's cultural ambassadors, touring extensively in Europe, the USA, and the Far East.
Composition History
The piece 'Tryst' is dedicated to the memory of Susan Loy, the composer's maternal grandmother, and premiered in 1989 at the St. Magnus Festival in Orkney.
Composition History
The piece 'I (A Meditation On Iona)' resulted from a collaboration between James MacMillan and sculptress Sue Jane Taylor, with the audience invited to contemplate the sculpture during the performance.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For James MacMillan, ritual is not a mask but a symbolic creative act that attests to his undeniable religious truths.
Composition History
All four pieces on this album were commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, where James MacMillan was made Affiliate Composer in 1989.
Performer Biography
Joseph Swensen, born in New York in 1960, is of Norwegian and Japanese descent and became the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's principal conductor in autumn 1996.
