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Work: Strathclyde Motets

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ComposerMacMillan, Sir James (b. 1959)
PeriodContemporary
Year2005
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DresdenMacMillan and Choir

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Pärt, MacMillan, Bach, Britten
Dresden Philharmonic; Sir James MacMillan; Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir; Dresden Philharmonic Choir; TBC
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The Queen of Heaven: The Sixteen at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

As part of the Muziekgebouw’s 2014 Choral Series, renowned chamber choir The Sixteen gave a passionate, committed performance of music by Palestrina, Allegri, and modern composer James MacMillan. 
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Calton Consort: Translated Daughters

From the altar of their customary home in Edinburgh’s 1691 Canongate Kirk, Calton Consort presented an a cappella concert enigmatically entitled “Translated Daughters”. The enigma dissolved upon hearing W.H. Auden’s text for Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia. It features the arresting couplet: “Translated Daughter, come down and startle / Composing mortals with immortal fire.
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