It is worth a few minutes to watch this fascinating interview with James MacMillan, the composer of the Mass with the Pope tomorrow in the UK. H/T Pray Tell
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What a fascinating vignette. I have always been very curious about MacMillan, knowing that he works both as a composer of "serious" classical music, and also as a parish music director.
Even after simply hearing the brief excerpts of his Mass sung obviously in a rather unpolished form, I can say that I would give anything for this to overshadow any of the mass settings being offered by GIA or OCP.
Does anyone know where the setting will be published? I wonder if MacMillan would release it into the CC 😉
This setting will be published in the U.K. by Boosey & Hawkes. (I have not got a date for this) – so it will certainly not be released into the CC.
It is indeed a beautiful setting, but I'm not sure if congregations will sing it.
The Agnus Dei is, in my view, a masterpiece – but I'm not sure if I would use in a Parish Mass.