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Performer: Sir James MacMillan

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LondonMacMillan conducts MacMillan

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Bacewicz, MacMillan, Beethoven
Britten Sinfonia; Sir James MacMillan; David Childs

EdinburghCarmina Burana

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Perivolaris, MacMillan, Orff
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Sir James MacMillan; Caroline Wettergreen; Caspar Singh; Edward Nelson; RSNO Chorus

GlasgowCarmina Burana

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Perivolaris, MacMillan, Orff
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Sir James MacMillan; Caroline Wettergreen; Caspar Singh; Edward Nelson; RSNO Chorus

ManchesterThe Hallé - Seven Last Words from the Cross

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Bach, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakow, MacMillan
The Hallé; Sir James MacMillan; BBC Singers

MelbourneA Classical Christmas

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MacMillan, Bach, Respighi, Berlioz, Händel
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sir James MacMillan; Choir of Trinity College Melbourne

GeelongHandel's Messiah

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Händel: Messias
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sir James MacMillan; Mia Robinson; Stephanie Dillon; Louis Hurley; David Greco
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Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio

Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
MacMillan's large scale choral work offers a rich variety of texts and musical ideas, the composer conducts the BBC Symphony with unerring precision.
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Ghosts and coal: MacMillan conducts the BBCSSO

Ava Bahari, Sir James MacMillan and the BBC Scottish SO © BBC

Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Scottish SO in the Scottish premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra, “Ghosts”

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Let there be light: UK premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux

Sir James MacMillan © BBC | Mark Allan

A thoughtfully conceived and well-executed BBCSO programme, if not gaining more than the sum of its respective parts. 

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More than cribs and tinsel: MacMillan’s dramatic Christmas Oratorio

Sir James MacMillan rehearses the RSNO © RSNO

The composer conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus with Roderick Williams and Rhian Lois in Edinburgh's Usher Hall.

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Rounding off the SCO digital season in Finnish style

A short, tender MacMillan piece, filmic Sibelius and an astonishing percussion concerto from Rautavaara written for – and performed by – Colin Currie rounds off a successful SCO digital series of concerts.

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James MacMillan à Koekelberg : Sept Anges et une infinité de miracles

Dans une expérience sonore et visuelle exceptionnelle, le Vlaams Radiokoor illumine la Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur sous la direction de James MacMillan.
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