Sunday, July 16, 2023

July 16 - James MacMillan (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 16th are found here: Bella Davidovich (2019), Ginger Rogers (2020), Ginger Rogers; Eugène Ysaÿe (2021), and Carmen Lombardo (2022)

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James MacMillan (b.16 July 1959) is a Scottish composer and conductor.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Note

The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a large orchestral work depicting the violent torture and execution of Isobel Gowdie for witchcraft in 1662. -- heavily adapted from Wikipedia, s.v. "The Confession of Isobel Gowdie"

 

The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

Is dramatic and seering and rowdy.

The bloodthirsty world is the villain,

As Scottish composer MacMillan

Explores the suppression of witchcraft

In virulent violent pitchcraft.

 

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