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Konserthuset Stockholm

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Ryan Bancroft

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Peter Moore

Trombone

International Composer Festival – Opening

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The Death Of Oscar

Trombone Concerto

Concerto for Orchestra

Les offrandes oubliées

Sharan Allad

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Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall)

This year's International Composer Festival at Konserthuset Stockholm is dedicated to the Scottish composer James MacMillan. His music combines raw emotional power with spiritual focus, rooted in his Catholic faith.

MacMillan often draws inspiration from traditional Scottish music and culture, and the tone poem The Death of Oscar is based on one of the legends of the Celtic poet Ossian. These ancient stories have had a significant influence on the image of Scotland, inspiring composers such as Mendelssohn-Bartholdy when he wrote The Hebrides, and Goethe in The Sorrows of Young Werther.

The trombone concerto oscillates between darkness and light, with dance-like episodes and meditative calm. At times, it is incredibly beautiful and poignant. MacMillan composed it in memory of his granddaughter Sara Maria MacMillan, who died at the young age of five from an incurable brain disease.

James MacMillan shares his strong Catholic faith with Olivier Messiaen (1908–92), and both composers' music contains spiritually meditative elements. Messiaen's Les offrandes oubliées – The Forgotten Offerings – was his very first published orchestral piece. It is subtitled Méditation symphonique, symphonic meditation. This is music in which Messiaen gives us his own glimpse of eternity.

The Concerto for Orchestra is the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra's co-commissioned work for the festival.

English

Årets Internationella tonsättarfestival i Konserthuset ägnas den skotske tonsättaren James MacMillan. Hans musik kombinerar rå emotionell kraft med andlig koncentration, grundad i hans katolska tro. 

Ofta söker sig MacMillan tillbaka till traditionell skotsk musik och kultur, och tondikten The Death of Oscar bygger på en av legenderna om den keltiske poeten Ossian. De uråldriga berättelserna har haft stort inflytande på bilden av Skottland och inspirerade bland annat Mendelssohn-Bartholdy när han skrev Hebriderna, och Goethe i Den unge Werthers lidanden.

Trombonkonserten pendlar mellan mörker och ljus, dansanta episoder och meditativ ro. Den är stundtals oerhört vacker, och gripande. MacMillan komponerade den till minne av barnbarnet Sara Maria MacMillan som dog endast fem år gammal i en obotlig hjärnsjukdom.

Sin starka katolska tro delar James MacMillan med Olivier Messiaen (1908–92), och i bådas musik finns andligt meditativa inslag. Messiaens Les offrandes oubliées, De glömda offergåvorna, hans allra första publicerade orkesterstycke har undertiteln Méditation symphonique, symfonisk meditation. Musik där Messiaen ger oss sin egen glimt av evigheten.  

Konsert för orkester är Kungliga Filharmonikernas sambeställningsverk till festivalen.

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International Composer Festival – Opening by MacMillan, Messiaen, From (2024/2024), Conductor Ryan Bancroft, Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall), Stockholm, Sweden

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