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James Macmillan Northern Skies Deux-Elles James MacMillan Northern Skies Henri Demarquette cello Graham Scott piano James MacMillan Music for Cello and Piano My discovery of the music of James Mac- time of life on earth until reaching the areas Millan goes back to 1998 when I heard buried deepest in our perceptions where one of his orchestral works in Paris, The the déjà vu [already seen] meets the jamais Confession of Isobel Gowdie, which deeply entendu [never heard of]. influenced me. At that moment, I decided to play and record his music for cello. This The notion of infinity is at the centre of Kiss project was able to go ahead thanks to my on Wood, a piece of religious inspiration – meeting with the marvellous pianist Graham the wood carrying the kiss being that of the Scott. MacMillan’s two sonatas for cello cross of Christ – where the choral beginning were written in 1998 and 2000 respectively. dissolves into a music of silence with mini- malistic writing. MacMillan’s music completely surpasses questions of language and aesthetics. The two sonatas are pure works of art in the The author creates a personal language, music composed for the cello and piano. a powerfully expressive, evocative force, Each is written mirroring the other this way using as needed all imaginable composition creating a closed, self supporting, circular techniques. world, giving the feeling of an end even though the first sonata finishes dissolving, Without quoting, he draws from his deeply and the second with an eruption of solo Celtic roots, by evoking great nostalgia. He piano completely out of context. expresses a tribal violence using repetitive means reminiscent of Bartók but opposes The procedure of mirror composition the naïve world of childhood, or can go from signals two primordial notions that com- shapeless, primitive, prehistoric rumbles to plement each other, being the sense of a metallic and futuristic sound atmosphere. variation – here mastered to unbelievable perfection – and the psychological journey, In this, I have the feeling that MacMillan in particular from the symmetrical point of philosophically places the listener, the in- view of the work. terpreter, or the human being in general, in an eternal time perspective, surpassing the Page 1 Page 2 The titles Face and Image also make refer- James MacMillan James MacMillan ence to the mirror: the projection of the image in the mirror until it is sometimes born 16 July 1959, Kilwinning, Ayrshire Musique pour violoncelle et piano deformed. This transformation materialises especially when MacMillan develops the instruments – the themes, the images – in James MacMIllan read music at Edinburgh Rostropovich, Symphony: Vigil, premiered Ma découverte de la musique de James separate universes. In the first sonata the University and took Doctoral studies in under the baton of Rostropovich in 1997, MacMillan remonte à 1998 ou j’ai pu childish dancing theme revealed in the composition at Durham University with and Quickening, for The Hilliard Ensemble. entendre à Paris une oeuvre orchestrale, piano is accompanied by a tense, dole- John Casken. He has worked as a lecturer More recent works include Symphony No. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, qui ful and dissonant choral on the cello; the at Manchester University, was appointed 3: Silence premiered in Tokyo in April 2003, me marqua profondément. J’ai décidé à instruments evolving independently of one Affiliate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Piano Concerto No. 2, and A Scotch Besti- ce moment de jouer et d’enregistrer sa another, ignoring each other in terms of Orchestra after his successful premier ary commissioned to inaugurate the new musique pour violoncelle et ce projet a pu nuance, tempo, and rhythmic values, this of Tryst at the 1990 St. Magnus Festival. organ at Disney Hall with soloist Wayne prendre forme grâce à ma rencontre avec way introducing the notion of uncertain or Between 1992 and 2002 he was Artistic Marshall and the Los Angeles Philharmonic le merveilleux pianiste Graham Scott. Cette random writing. Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Future periode correspond à la composition des 2 Music of Today series of contemporary works have been commissioned by the sonates qui datent respectivement de 1998 The collection of seven pieces for children music concerts. MacMillan is internationally Minnesota Orchestra and Welsh National et 2000. Northern Skies is a little jewel in all its active as a conductor and in 2000 was ap- Opera. simplicity, and taking into account an edu- pointed Composer/Conductor with the BBC La musique de James MacMillan dépasse cational concern, MacMillan here offers the Philharmonic. He was awarded a CBE in Award winning recordings include The Con- totalement les questions de langage et youngest the possibility to familiarise them- January 2004. fession of Isobel Gowdie, Tryst, ‘Veni, Veni, d’appartenance esthétique. L’auteur crée selves with his most intimate inspiration. Emmanuel’, Triduum, the clarinet concerto un langage personnel, puissamment ex- Graham and myself dedicate this interpreta- His works, which have been performed by Ninian, the trumpet concerto Epiclesis, and pressif et d’une grande force d’évocation tion to Ella Scott and Victor Demarquette the world’s leading orchestras and conduc- Mass. A new Macmillan series conducted en faisant appel selon ses besoins à toutes newly born at the time of recording to whom tors, include The Confession of Isobel by the composer includes The Berserking, les techniques de compositions imagina- we wish all the joy we have had in playing Gowdie, which launched Macmillan’s inter- The Birds of Rhiannon and most recently bles. these little pieces. national career at the BBC Proms in 1990, Symphony No. 3: ‘Silence’. Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, a percussion con- Sans citations, il puise dans ses racines celt- In summary, the works recorded on this certo performed over 350 times, Seven Last iques profondes, sous forme d’évocation d’ disc reflect the creation of a man whose Words from the Cross for chorus and string une grande nostalgie. Exprime une violence religious, philosophical and political orchestra, Ines de Castro, premiered by the tribale par des moyens répétitifs bartokiens convictions are expressed by profound Scottish Opera, The World’s Ransoming mais y oppose le monde naïf de l’enfance music, rooted in a strong culture, power- commissioned by the London Symphony ou peut passer du grondement informe fully current, but incontestably universal. Orchestra, a Cello Concerto for Mstislav préhistorique et primitif à une ambiance sonore métallisée et futuriste. © 2006 Henri Demarquette Page 3 Page 4 En cela, j’ai le sentiment que MacMil- se faisant face dans la glace jusqu’à parfois James MacMillan lan place philosophiquement l’auditeur, se transformer. Cette transformation se l’auteur, l’interprète ou l’être humain en matérialise en particulier lorsque MacMillan Né le 16 Juillet 1959 a Kilwinning, Ayrshire général dans une perspective temporelle fait évoluer les instruments – les thèmes, infinie, dépassant le temps de vie terrestre les images – dans des univers incommuni- jusqu’à toucher les zones les plus profondé- quants. cf la 1ère sonate le thème dansant et James MacMillan fit ses études de musique présenté en première par l’opéra d’Ecosse, ment enfouies de nos perceptions ou le « enfantin exposé au piano sous-tendu par un à l’université d’ Edinburgh et gagna son The World’s Ransoming commissionné déjà vu » côtoie le « jamais entendu » choral funèbre et dissonant au violoncelle; Doctorat en composition musicale à par l’orchestre de symphonie de Londres, les instruments évoluent indépendamment l’université de Durham John Casken. un concert de violoncelle pour Mstislav La notion d’infini est le centre de Kiss on l’un de l’autre, s’ignorant mutuellement en Rostropovich, Symphony: Vigil, présenté en Wood, pièce d’inspiration religieuse – le termes de nuances, tempo, valeurs rythm- Il a travaillé en tant que conférencier à première sous la direction de Rostropovich bois où se porte le baiser étant celui de la iques introduisant ainsi une notion d’écriture l’université de Manchester, a été nommé en 1997, and Quickening pour The Hilliard croix du Christ – dont le choral initial se dis- aléatoire. associé-compositeur de l’orchestre de Ensemble. Ses travaux plus récents incluent sout dans une musique du silence d’écriture chambre d’Ecosse après le succès de Symphonie numero 3: Silence, présentée minimaliste. Le recueil des 7 pièces pour enfants la première de Tryst au festival de St. en première à Tokyo en avril 2003, Piano Northern Skies est un petit bijou tout en Magnus en 1990. Entre 1992 et 2002 il fut Concerto No. 2, et A Scotch Bestiary, Les 2 sonates sont de pur chefs d’oeuvres simplicité et, dans un souci pédagogique directeur artistique de la série de concerts commissionnés pour l’inauguration de la de la musique pour violoncelle et piano. de transmission, MacMillan offre ici la contemporains de musique de l’orchestre nouvelle orgue à Disney Hall avec le soloist Chacune d’elle est composée en miroir possibilité aux plus jeunes de se familiariser Philharmonia :‘Music of today’. MacMillan Wayne Marshall et le Philharmonique de créant ainsi un monde clos, circulaire, se avec son inspiration la plus intime. Graham travail internationalement comme un chef Los Angeles conduit par Esa-Pekka-Pekka nourrissant lui-même, donnant un sentiment et moi-même dédions cette interprétation à d’orchestre et en l’an 2000 a été nommé Salonen. Des travaux futurs ont été com- d’achèvement bien que la première sonate Ella Scott et Victor Demarquette juste nés Compositeur/Chef d’orchestre de la BBC missionnés par l’orchestre du Minnesota et finisse en se dissolvant et la seconde par au moment de l’enregistrement à qui nous Philharmonique. Un CBE lui fut attribué en l’opéra national Gallois.
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