James MacMillan interviews

James MacMillan I continue to take interest in composer James MacMillan’s comments on anti-religious bias in today’s culture. Last week the London Telegraph published a MacMillan interview (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/ivanhewett/5202098/James-MacMillan-interview.html) that echoed sentiments expressed by the composer in an interview last year (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3116598/Composer-James-MacMillan-warns-of-liberal-elites-ignorance-fuelled-hostility-to-religion.html) I recommend both articles. Especially interesting is the conversation carried out in the comments posted on the October ‘08 article (yes, I read all 91 of them!)

So glad to have James MacMillan on the scene with Soli Deo Gloria, both as an Advisory Director and a musical collaborator. We’re pursuing work with him now on a major new commission project, the details of which we hope to announce within the next few weeks. Incidentally, MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross is one of my favorite modern works. I think it gets at the “communicative core” of music - an idea the composer mentions in his latest interview.

April 27, 2009 | Filed Under Interviews, Faith, Culture 

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  1. Chuck King on May 4th, 2009 12:03 pm

    Thanks for sharing those articles, Chandler! I love how SDG partners with Articulate Musicians!

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