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MACMILLAN; JAMES

Radiant Dawn From Elora

The Elora Singers (previously known by its original name, The Elora Festival Singers) has been making beautiful music since the 1980s, and first-rate recordings for

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Sounds & Silence

Silence is a highly underrated component of music. But to fully appreciate and understand–especially in the world of a cappella music–it’s necessary to focus on

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Alison Balsom–Seraph

The trumpet is not a particularly ingratiating solo instrument in classical repertoire. For extended works, such as concertos, its sound can be fatiguing, owing to

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MacMillan: Mass

James MacMillan is a man of conviction, and his most constantly felt musical message is his Catholicism. The liner-note writer claims that MacMillan “knows that

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MacMillan Chamber

The title of James MacMillan’s String Quartet No. 2, “Why is this night different”, comes from the Seder, wherein the tale is retold of the

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AN ETERNAL HARMONY

Nearly two-thirds of this program of music by Scottish composers was previously released by The Sixteen on the now-defunct Collins label. Robert Carver’s “Credo” from

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KISS ON WOOD

The music of Scottish composer James MacMillan (b. 1959) is very much of the hit-or-miss variety. When his ideas work, they work spectacularly. (See for

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