The Kings Place programme booklet for Since it was the Day of Preparation… folds like a thin papery triptych. Yet, the composer’s photograph does not occupy the central panel. Indeed, gushing verbal bombast, a feature all too common in performances of new music, was pleasantly absent.
2012Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:32:03+00:002012-10-04Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade reviews the London premiere of James MacMillan's Since it was the Day of Preparation... at Kings PlaceLondon première of James MacMillan's Since it was the Day of Preparation...en_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-kings-place-macmillan-since-it-was-the-day-of-preparationBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngNinfea Cruttwell-Readehttps://bachtrack.com/files/1285-macmillan_1.jpg400400James MacMillan Philip Gatward2012-Sep-29, Kings Place: Hall One: Hebrides Ensemblehttps://bachtrack.com/concert-listing/kings-place-hall-one/hebrides-ensemble/29-september-2012/19-302012-09-292012-09-29Kings Place: Hall OneLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomN1 9AG90 York Way51.534911038671-0.12211561203002934
At one extreme of musical preparation, early music specialists rely on research to ensure authentic performance of music by composers long dead. At the other, composers writing today might well be acquainted with the performers and consult them on the technical possibility of some passages and attend rehearsals.
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