Cast: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Allan Clayton (tenor), Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Notes: world première, new commission. Interview with James Macmillan from 00:04:30 in his "quiet, secluded" Ayrshire home. 00:05:25: "As well as it being a celebration, I think the piece had to be poignant in some way. It was a marking of the power of music, the power of musicians, the power music can bring to a society, especially when it is damaged in some way ... [Music, when soft voices die] is an obvious text for a composer to go to because it's about the art form that we love. It's what we live for, being able to communicate ...". Followed by Greg Beardsell: "if you look back over all of his works, there's always a set of brackets – this was for this, that was for that. They all have a really clear purpose; he serves the community, and that's what we all should be doing." Adjoa Andoh reads 'Music, when soft voices die'.
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Serenade to Music • Macmillan: "I know the Vaughan Williams very well. It is a beautiful piece; it's a celebration of music. Here was my opportunity to write something similar, but in a way that marked an extraordinary and indeed dangerous time in human history."
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