Composed by James MacMillan
Performed by Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk
2. Tryst, for chamber orchestra
Composed by James MacMillan
Performed by Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk
Confessions of Isobel Gowdie/T,James MacMillan,Jerzy Maksymiuk,Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Koch Schwann (Germ.),20th/21st Century Orchestral Music,Classical,Music for Chamber Orchestra,Orchestral
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Confessions of Isobel Gowdie/T
Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  All Works by MacMillan
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ASIN: B000001SPI Release Date: 1994-09-15 |
Tracks:
- The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie
- Tryst
Customer Reviews:
...Promising start.......2002-08-08
"The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie" draws its inspiration on the 1662 execution of Isobel Gowdie, who had confessed herself into being a witch after being undescribable tortured. This was the time of the English Reformation and witch hunting was a daily occurrence, executions were cheered on. The reasons for a conviction could be something totally absurd. "The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie" has a Stravinsky "The Rite Of Spring" approach that begins slowly than escalates into a sudden burst of energy. The whole work is divided into musical quotes, a Scottish ballad (The Cruel Mother), a Gregorian chant (Lux aeterna). The Lux aeterna section of the work intensifies with trombones and percussions that become quite erratic, the illusion of ritual barbarism is conjured up.
Tryst, a longer work but smaller in scale was written the year before, 1989. It grew from life out of a violin and piano composition called "After The Tryst" based upon William Sontar's love poem. It is again one continous movement broken up in five sections which center upon faith, love and hope. The musical pattern is much the same as "The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie" swirling winds of sounds that cascade into unformular territory, a territory that draws you into a magnetic field. Tryst begins violently that transends into a slow mediation in the middle and back again to being violent at the end.
"The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie/ Tryst" on the Koch label was conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk with the BBC Scottish Orchestra, the same very person and orchestra that performed "The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie" at the London Promenade.
One major problem I had with the disc, not so much with the performance or the music itself...is that Koch elected to leave each work as single tracks, two tracks in total and not clearly divide the works up into their respected sections as they were intended for.
James Macmillan may appear to some as new music and a bit of a challenge, "The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie/Tryst" to me is his easiest to listen to, your transported into a dark age that as a whole the music is supposingly representing.
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