James MacMillan: spartiti medio

The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. The Latin text is taken from the Graduale Romanum. The pieces are suitable for intermediate stan...

The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. The Latin text is taken from the Graduale Romanum. The pieces are suitable for intermediate stan...

Il brano è stato commissionato dagli Amici della Musica della Cattedrale in occasione del loro sessantesimo anniversario nel 2016. L'intenzione era quella di farlo eseguire dal maggior numero possibil...

Especially commissioned by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster for performance at the Funeral Service of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September 2022. The text, f...

Composed in 1986 for the wedding of friends of the composer's, and first performed by him at the marriage ceremony. The manuscript recently came to light as the couple celebrated their Silver Wedding...

Non-liturgical setting of the Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Latin Mass, scored for 4-part children's choir and full orchestra. The composer states that 'each movement is reasonably substantial...

The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. The Latin text is taken from the Graduale Romanum. The pieces are suitable for intermediate stan...

The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. The Latin text is taken from the Graduale Romanum. The pieces are suitable for intermediate stan...

Latin setting composed in 1978. An attractive and accessible work which employs homophonic and polyphonic writing along with solo and a cappella passages and minimal divisi. The organ part is substant...

Sacred setting of words of St Ephraim (c. 306-373) from 1979 and has only recently been released by the composer. The text reflects on both Christ's coming as a child and his sacrifice on the Cross. F...

Setting of a passage from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, dating from 1984 and only recently released by the composer. The powerful imagery in the text is brought to life in the music. Suitable for inter...

An attractive addition to the contemporary organ repertory this suite of three contrasting movements was commissioned by the University of St Andrews in celebration of its 600th Anniversary.

Five-movement work for mixed chorus a cappella with mutiple divisi and semi-chorus.A setting of a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts (English) with Latin text from the mass and an English traditional rhy...

A setting of the final paragraph from Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue, A study in moral theory.

Una composizione a due cori di un testo medievale anonimo su Santa Cecilia, patrona della musica sacra e protettrice di cantanti e musicisti.

Sumptuous a cappella setting of a hymn to the Virgin Mary attributed to Poliziano (15th century). It was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, whose first perf...

Composta nel 2021 su commissione del Coro dell'Abbazia di Westminster e dedicata alla Westminster Abbey Choir School. Si tratta della quarta messa per forze esclusivamente corali di MacMillan, dopo la...

Quest'opera è stata composta nel 2020 ed è stata commissionata dalla Fondazione Lord Burghley 500 per un servizio di ringraziamento nell'Abbazia di Westminster per celebrare il 500° anniversario della...

This 17-minute choral sequence is scored for mixed chorus and organ, with optional percussion, and presents five of the Latin 'motets' which occur at the end of movements in MacMillan's St John Passio...

Questo breve, ma impressionante brano cerimoniale è stato commissionato dalla Cattedrale di Westminster per la visita di Papa Benedetto XVI nel 2010. Organo, ottoni e timpani rimbombano intorno al tes...

Composed in 2016 to commission by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, this is a rescoring of the 2007 Horn Quintet, with the addition of three short preparatory movements. The horn part in this publicatio...

One of MacMillan's earliest successes was his first percussion concerto, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992), firmly established with hundreds of performances to date. Percussion Concerto no 2 was therefore r...

A major addition to the concertante trombone repertory, this single-movement work lasting 30 minutes was premiered in 2017 by Jörgen van Rijen and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Iván...

This publication gathers together three miniatures for string quartet, all composed 'in memoriam' a particular individual. Memento (4 minutes) was written in memory of the composer's friend, David Hun...

Scored for soprano saxophone and string orchestra, the composer states that this short concerto is based on archetypes of Scottish traditional music. The first movement, March, Strathspey and Reel, fo...