You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
BIOGRAPHY<br />
1994 Travels to hear German premiere of Veni, Veni, Emmanuel<br />
in Berlin, and first US performances by National<br />
Symphony in Washington under Mstislav Rostropovich and<br />
by Cleveland Orchestra. On the strength of the work,<br />
Rostropovich asks MacMillan to write two scores:<br />
a cello concerto for him to play and a symphony to<br />
conduct. Seven Last Words from the Cross televised<br />
nightly through Holy Week on BBC TV, and premiered<br />
complete in Glasgow. The overture Britannia receives over<br />
30 performances by UK orchestras in the 1994/95 season.<br />
1995 North American performances of Veni, Veni, Emmanuel<br />
with Evelyn Glennie during 1995/96 include New York<br />
Philharmonic (Slatkin), Boston (Ozawa), Milwaukee<br />
(Elder), Toronto (Saraste), Philadelphia (Andrew Davis),<br />
Detroit (Järvi), St Louis (Alsop), Los Angeles (Gershon),<br />
plus performances in Netherlands, France, Sweden,<br />
Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Japan and Australia.<br />
with Evelyn Glennie at rehearsals for Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992)<br />
BIOGRAPHY 4<br />
Photo: Malcolm Crowthers
Change language