Posts tagged James MacMillan
In Rare Sistine Chapel Concert, MacMillan’s ‘Angels Unawares’ Creates A Soundscape Of Grace
In Rare Sistine Chapel Concert, MacMillan’s ‘Angels Unawares’ Creates A Soundscape Of Grace

(REVIEW) This concert marked the first world premiere in the Sistine Chapel. Yet, what lingered most was not the sense of history being made, but the work itself: A meditation on divine presence. In a space accustomed to silence rather than sound, “Angels Unawares” felt less like an interruption and more like a natural extension of the place.

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Art & Music, Art and Music, Culture, Entertainment, History, News, Religion News, Religious Equality, Review, Catholicism, Christianity, Arts & CultureClemente LisiClemente Lisi, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan, news, Christianity, concert, art and music, music, classical music, Art and MusicComment
The Making And Premiere Of ‘Fiat Lux’: A Radiant Oratorio For A Cathedral Suffused With Light
The Making And Premiere Of ‘Fiat Lux’: A Radiant Oratorio For A Cathedral Suffused With Light

(REVIEW) The encore performance at Christ Cathedral of “Fiat Lux” was billed as “Pacific Symphony & Pacific Chorale in concert with Paul Jacobs,” and the opening pieces were programmed to additionally celebrate the refurbishment of the cathedral’s Hazel Wright Organ, the fifth-largest pipe organ in the world.

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Analysis, Architecture, Art and Music, Art & Music, California, Catholicism, Christianity, Entertainment, North America, ReligionRoseanne T. SullivanRoseanne T. Sullivan, Fiat Lux, Dana Gioia, James MacMillan, Sir James MacMillan, Chris Cathedral, Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, National Endowment for the Arts, Robert Schuller, Richard Neutra, Richard Meier, Segerstrom Concert Hall, Mark Swed, Victoria Looseleaf, Alexandre GuilmantComment