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roslynmuse
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« on: 23:52:27, 04-10-2007 »
Did anyone catch the end of Afternoon on 3 today, around 4pm? There was a Mag and Nunc setting, choir and orchestra, in English, not listed in Radio Times or the BBC website.

WHO COMPOSED IT?  Huh
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« Reply #1 on: 00:01:44, 05-10-2007 »
If what you are thinking of, is what I am thinking of, it was James Macmillan.

If it isn't, it wasn't. Grin
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« Reply #2 on: 00:02:20, 05-10-2007 »
James MacMillan, rm: originally composed separately for choir and organ, commissioned by Wells and Winchester respectively, IIRC.
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« Reply #3 on: 00:16:24, 05-10-2007 »
Many thanks!
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« Reply #4 on: 00:26:04, 05-10-2007 »
Andwasitanygood?
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« Reply #5 on: 00:44:13, 05-10-2007 »
a curate's egg...

orchestral writing rather more interesting than the choral parts (IMHO)
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« Reply #6 on: 00:48:29, 05-10-2007 »
If I'm bored tomorrow, might LA to it.
Thanks for pointing it out.
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« Reply #7 on: 09:16:58, 05-10-2007 »
I agree with roslynmuse.  Orchestral writing much better.

If you LA, make sure you also LA to the macmillan in Wednesday's Ao3.

Was rather good

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« Reply #8 on: 10:18:22, 05-10-2007 »
It's interesting that the orchestral writing seemed to gain by being a fleshing-out of the organ parts, as if the original constraint had set him looking in slightly different directions than usual. He can write wonderfully for voices though: does anybody else know the extraordinary 16-part Mhairi? It's a long time since a choral piece has made such an impression on me as that did when I first heard it (and subsequent performances): stunning, virtuosic and right.
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