"Classical music is a living clture..."
Scottish composer James MacMillan recently won a Classical Brit Award for the record label Chandos' recording of his Symphony no. 3: Silence. The disc, featuring the BBC Philharmonic conducted by the composer, also features The Confession of Isobel Gowdie.On receiving the award MacMillan said "an award like this, where the work of a living composer is celebrated at such an event, sends a very clear signal to the world of classical music and beyond, that classical music is a living culture as well as a museum culture and I think that is very important and always has been, and if that can encourage younger composers to continue and write and be creative, I'd be delighted."
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30/05/2006
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