FULL Christmas Oratorio (MacMillan) Budapest 2024 Mary Bevan, Leigh Melrose
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Christmas Oratorio
- Composer: MacMillan James
- Libretto: comprises literature from various sources all relating to the birth of Jesus
- Venue & Opera Company: Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, müpa, Budapest, Hungary
- Recorded: December 12, 2024
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Mary Bevan, Leigh Melrose
- Conductor: James MacMillan
- Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic
- Chorus: Hungarian National Choir
- Chorus Master: Csaba Somos
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: müpa
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs
- Video Recording from: bilibili FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Catholic Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan was born in Kilwinning in 1959 and completed his higher education at the universities of Edinburgh and Durham. He has composed music, including operas, cantatas, concertos, choral works, solo and chamber compositions commissioned by world-famous musicians, ranging from Evelyn Glennie to Mstislav Rostropovich, and conducted by such illustrious maestros as Colin Davis. His Christmas Oratorio came into being in 2021 as a work and represents the type of contemporary music that is both widely accessible and strives for beauty. It will be performed as a Hungarian première by the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and National Choir, with Mary Bevan and Leigh Melrose as the soloists.
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