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James MacMillan

Dancing to the SNP’s tunes
Scottish music and culture is playing second fiddle to an increasingly nationalist and socialist agenda
James MacMillan

The therapy of forty voices
My attempt to emulate Tallis was initially terrifying, but now that the work is finished I am quite bereft
James MacMillan

Music makes us socially mobile
Scottish nationalists seem out to destroy a precious musical heritage built up over many generations
James MacMillan

In composer’s Sistine heaven
To hear my Stabat Mater sung in Michelangelo’s chapel was the high point of my musical life
James MacMillan

A constant search for the sacred
Religion plays an integral role in modern music even when it is composed by non-believers
James MacMillan

The ring of authority
Ernest Newman’s towering biography of Wagner helped to shape my own view of the composer
James MacMillan

The quality of divine mercy
Look to Beethoven to answer Adorno’s famous post-Holocaust critique of Western culture
James MacMillan

In search of perfect pitch
Many composers, including me, love football so much that we are inspired by the beautiful game
James MacMillan

Sweet singing in the choir
Dumbing down church music and liturgy has emptied the pews. Our tradition deserves better
James MacMillan

Psalms in Praise of Scotland’s Past
Thomas Wode’s part-books show the centrality of music in Scottish life just before the Reformation
James MacMillan

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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