Stuart MacRae Composer Born in Inverness in 1976, Stuart MacRae performed by Tasmin Little, Christian has established himself as one of the Tetzlaff and Tedi Papavrami. most distinctive composers working today, writing music of elemental power His music has been recorded for NMC, and emotional subtlety. Equally at home Black Box, Delphian, Kairos and the writing opera, orchestral music, chamber London Sinfonietta’s own label. music and music for choirs, his works take listeners on a journey through Recent works include Cantata (2016), for perceptions of nature, striking imagery the Choir of Gonville and Caius College and the landscape of human emotion. Cambridge, and Piano Sonata No.2 (2016) for Simon Smith. He was His numerous staged works range from Composer in Association at the Echo and Narcissus, a dance-opera Lammermuir Festival from 2017 to 2019, premiered at Royal Opera House Covent where he premiered Sunrises (2017) for Garden in 2007, through to 2015’s the Gould Piano Trio, I am Prometheus critically acclaimed The Devil Inside for (2018), for tenor Joshua Ellicott and the Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales. Hebrides Ensemble, and Prometheus Ghost Patrol, written in collaboration Symphony (2019) performed by Jennifer with writer Louise Welsh, won the 2013 France and the BBC Scottish Symphony South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera and Orchestra. A new commission for the was shortlisted for an Olivier Award. Dunedin Consort, written as a prelude to Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, From 1999 – 2003 he was Composer-in- was premiered at the BBC Proms in Association at the BBC Scottish September 2019. “ MacRae [is] possibly peerless Symphony Orchestra, and his works have among contemporary British been performed throughout Europe with His newest opera, Anthropocene, composers in his mastery of groups including the Orchestre National premiered in February 2019 with Scottish orchestral effect ” de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Opera to a wealth of 4- and 5- star reviews from the press. Described as Times Literary Supplement Strasbourg, Hungarian Radio Symphony, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, “enthralling” (Daily Telegraph), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London “evocative” (The Times) and “a wonder of Sinfonietta, Birmingham Contemporary skillful orchestration” (The Guardian), Music Group, Scottish Ensemble, Anthropocene, which is MacRae’s fourth Hebrides Ensemble and Britten Sinfonia, collaboration with librettist Louise Welsh, by conductors including Martyn Brabbins, toured to Theatre Royal Glasgow, King’s Oliver Knussen, Jan-Latham Koenig, Theatre Edinburgh, and the Hackney Susanna Malkki, Stuart Stratford, David Empire in London. Anthropocene is due Robertson, Clark Rundell, Donald to be revived by the Salzburger Runnicles, John Storgårds and Ilan Landestheater for the work’s continental Volkov. European premiere. A number of his works have been performed at the Edinburgh International Valid for use until 1 February 2021 Festival and BBC Proms, including his For updated versions please contact 2001 Violin Concerto which had its world [email protected] premiere at the BBC Proms and has been Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road, London SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 .