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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Symphony No.2
1999 24 min
for chamber orchestra
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).1.dbn—2.2.0.0—perc(2):glsp/vib/
t.bells/bell-tree/bongo/SD/BD/cyms/tam-t—harp—strings
"This is a brilliantly written chamber-orchestral score... there is clearly more to
MacMillan's Second than a coherent, thematically integrated three-movement
construction... behind it all, as with the Piano Sonata on which it is based, there is the
harsh Scottish winter landscape." (The Times)
World Premiere: 02 Dec 1999
Town Hall, Ayr, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Conductor: James MacMillan
Tryst
1989 30 min
for orchestra
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)—2.2.0.0—timp(=wind chimes/
bell tree)—strings
"This piece has a powerful sense of propulsion, its potency resulting from the insistent
way he works round, manipulates and develops an idea...to produce music of
compelling cumulative energy." (Daily Telegraph)
World Premiere: 17 Jun 1989
Kirkwall, Orkney, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Conductor: Paul Daniel
SOLO INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA
The Berserking
1990 33 min
Concerto for piano and orchestra
2.picc.3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).2.dbn—4.3.2.Btrbn.1—timp.perc(3):
2timbales(high/low)/glsp/lg tam-t/mark tree/crot/tom-t(high)/xyl/
snare dr(high); snare dr(med)/anvil/vib/tom-t(low); v.lg BD/
loud claves/t.bells/ant.cym/snare dr(low)—cel—harp—
strings(min:14.12.10.8.8)
"The violent energy of the outer movements, full of Stravinskian rhythms and brutal
explosions of soloist and orchestra, encloses a lyrical core tinged with Celtic folksong."
(BBC Music Magazine)
9790060103322 2 Piano Score (4 Hands)
World Premiere: 22 Sep 1990
Musica Nova, Glasgow, UK
Peter Donohoe, piano; Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
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