When James MacMillan’s percussion concerto “Veni, Veni, Emmanuel” became a program replacement for a work originally scheduled to be performed by Orquestra Sao Paulo and Dame Evelyn Glennie during ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. MacMillan, one of our most prolific composers, is much in the public eye: over the next month he has first ...

For an exhilarating reminder of what music can achieve -- as spiritual expression, intellectual adventure or pure theatrical spectacle -- look no further than "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel," which had its San ...

John Shaw is a consummate noise maker. He is principal percussionist of the Florida Orchestra and is featured as the soloist in this weekend's masterworks concerts. Shaw and the orchestra under music ...

Jamie MacDougall presents concert highlights from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, recorded at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, performing music by Leonard Bernstein and Stravinsky.

‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ is a dark and delicate carol with a super-confusing back story. But the good news is there’s a Kelly Clarkson version too! ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ was originally written in ...

Sir James MacMillan conducts his 60th birthday concert with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Arvo Pärt’s popular elegy to Benjamin Britten opens the evening, written to mourn the passing of a composer ...

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Sir James MacMillan conducts his 60th birthday concert with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Arvo Pärt’s popular elegy to Benjamin Britten opens the evening, written to mourn the passing of a composer ...