When Sir James MacMillan speaks, the world takes notice – and at his Ayrshire community music festival, The Cumnock Tryst, he’s helping a generation of composers find their own individual voice. Tonight, he conducts the first Scottish performance of Ghosts, his new concerto for orchestra. Judging from that title (and knowing MacMillan’s passionate belief in the communicative power of music), there’s every reason to expect a lot more than just a colourful workout for a full symphony orchestra. MacMillan introduces it himself and also presents a dazzling, thought-provoking spread of new music from his younger colleagues at The Cumnock Tryst: a vibrant, typically generous celebration of the state of the art in Scottish classical music.

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MacMillan's ‘Concerto For Orchestra'

Glasgow City Hall

Concert feat. Aarhus Kammerorkester

Musikhuset Aarhus

In this evening’s composition ‘(I Love You) For Instrumental Reasons’, composer and performer Michael Hope poses questions about what we value in contemporary music, and with this concert he presents his proposal for alternatives.

Debut Concert Michael Hope

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

Temporariness is a concept that concerns the Sinfonietta, the Institute for (X) and many others in Aarhus' rapidly accelerating cultural environment. It manifests itself in the lack of creative square meters, temporary projects, platforms and buildings. And it also speaks to the struggle of living composers to create an afterlife and a precedent for re-performance of their works.

Matthew Grouse

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Feb 20, 2025

MacMillan's ‘Concerto For Orchestra' · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Jan 26, 2025

Concert feat. Aarhus Kammerorkester · The Royal Academy of Music

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