James MacMillan Sheet Music for Orchestra

One of MacMillan's earliest successes was his first percussion concerto, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992), firmly established with hundreds of performances to date. Percussion Concerto no 2 was therefore r...

Non-liturgical setting of the Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Latin Mass, scored for 4-part children's choir and full orchestra. The composer states that 'each movement is reasonably substantial...

Composed in 2015, Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Scored for mixed chorus and string orchestra it is a long-awaited sequel to the early...

Composer's Notes In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the...

The Death of Oscar (2012) is a miniature tone poem drawing upon the legend of the bardic poet Ossian and the death of his son Oscar. In the legends of Ossian, Oscar challenged the High King Cairbre to...

A major addition to the concertante trombone repertory, this single-movement work lasting 30 minutes was premiered in 2017 by Jörgen van Rijen and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Iván...

Scored for soprano saxophone and string orchestra, the composer states that this short concerto is based on archetypes of Scottish traditional music. The first movement, March, Strathspey and Reel, fo...

Berserkers were special warriors common to the Vikings and the ancient Celtic tribes who would work themselves into a frenzy with mead, mushrooms and hyperventilation to achieve performances of feroci...

New, corrected edition of MacMillan's breakthrough work, a sensation at the 1990 BBC Proms. The work is now firmly established in the contemporary orchestral repertoire worldwide and championed by lea...

Composed in 2021 and dedicated to the soloist Nicola Benedetti, this work was written as a memorial tribute to the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who died the previous year and was a major musi...

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A large-scale work scored for counter-tenor, two tenors and baritone, children's choir, SATB choir and orchestra, exploring themes of birth, new life and new impulses. The writing is at one turn intim...

Scored for baritone solo, small 'narrator' chorus, large chorus and orchestra, MacMillan's first Passion setting was composed in 2007. Lasting 87 minutes the work is divided into two parts, with 10 mo...

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Dieses Klarinettenkonzert feierte 1997 seine Premiere im Rahmen der Feierlichkeitne des 'Year of Ninian'. Ninian von Whithorn war der erste Bischof in diesem Ort und einer der Gründungsväter der Chris...

Originally a ballet score this 30' work is scored with strings and consists of three movements:cumnock fair: A 12-minute fantasy based on dance melodies by the 18th-century Cumnock composer John Frenc...

Sub-titled 'The Mysteries of Light', the composer states that this work attempts to revive the ancient practice of writing music based on the structure of the Rosary. The most famous example of this i...

This publication presents under one cover various short works for sundry orchestral scorings.Larghetto for Orchestra is MacMillan's orchestration (2017) of his celebrated Miserere for a cappella mixed...

Von der Britten Sinfonia und der Town Hall in Birmingham in Auftrag gegeben, wurde das Stück 2009-10 komponiert. Seine Uraufführung erlebte es mit Nicholas Daniel als Solisten und der Britten Sinfonie...

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MacMillans Violakonzert wurde vom London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra und Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Auftrag gegeben und 2013 mit Lawrence Powe...

The first movement begins with a short, punchy motive, which kicks off a fast, jerky solo violin theme. This is followed by a high, floating singing line, with murmuring accompaniment.The second movem...

Britannia was written in 1994 as a celebration of a major force in our musical life, the British orchestra. The work fulfils a commission from British Telecommunications plc with the Association of Br...

Concert overture for orchestra, first performed in 2007 by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. The Times described the five-minute piece as 'an irreverent deconstruction of th...

The Sacrifice is my second opera, written for WNO and premiered in 2007. It is based on one of the Mabinogian stories, a collection of ancient Welsh myths. It is a tale of love set amidst a civil or c...