Boosey-and-Hawkes - Orchestra

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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 the two big works heard earlier - the Tchaikovsky 4th Symphony and Mozart's Elvira Madigan Piano Concerto, K467[...]? Stomp ?went through all sorts of wacky distortions before being whisked, ceilidh-style, into a punch-drunk jig of delight.? In response, the Financial Times commented, 'Imagine Mozart and Tchaikovsky in kilts, thrown into the middle of a highland fling.? / Orchestre

Scored for large orchestra The Keening was only the second of MacMillan's orchestral works, written between 1985-87 when he was a student of John Casken at the University of Durham. The composer explains that 'keening' is a form of vocal lament associated with mourning, found in folk traditions of Ireland, northern Scotland and other cultures. Much of this work is based on the Gaelic lament tune 'Great is the Cause of My Sorrow', often known as 'Murt Ghlinne Comhann' (The Lament for Glencoe).This 25-minute score was withheld by the composer until 2010, and it received its first performance in 2014, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction. A significant addition to the orchestral repertoire by one the leading composers of today. / Orchestre