JAMES MACMILLAN (b. 1959)

premiere recordings

A Scotch Bestiary (2003-04)*

33:35

Enigmatic variations on a zoological carnival at a Caledonian exhibition

for organ and orchestra

Dedicated to Gillian Moore MBE

I. The menagerie, caged

21:01

1

The book is opened. Andante -

1:28

2

1

Ode to a cro-magnon hyena. Adagio -

2:33

3

A page is turned. Tempo I -

0:42

4

2

Reptiles and Big Fish (in a small pond). Largo-

1:57

5

3

Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty, Queen Bee. Senza misrua. Prestissimo possible, sempre legatissimo -

2:10

6

Another page is turned. Tempo I -

0:57

7

4

The red-handed, no-surrender, howler money. [ ] - Tempo di marcia -

1:36

8

5

Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens. Adagio -

2:00

9

Yet another page is turned. Tempo I -

0:41

10

6

Scottish Patriots. [ ] - [ ] - Maestoso -

2:11

11

7

The Reverend Cuckoo and his Parroting Chorus. [ ] -

1:34

12

8

Jackass Hackass. Prestissimo possible (moto perpetuo) -

1:41

13

The book is closed. Tempo I -

1:29

14

II. The menagerie, uncaged

12:28

Andante - [ ] - Meno mosso - [ ] -

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1999; 2003)†

29:56

for piano and string orchestra

In memoriam Edwin Muir

15

I

cumnock fair. Fast

12:08

16

II

shambard. crotchet = c. 60

7:59

17

III

shamnation. Allegro (Tempo di Reel)

9:49

Wayne Marshall organ* and piano†

James MacMillan

14 December 2004 (A Scotch Bestiary); 22 February 2005 (Piano Concerto No. 2)