MacMillan and Beethoven

The acclaimed orchestra continues its close relationship with the music of Sir James MacMillan as the composer joins them to conduct his euphonium concerto, following its premiere in Cardiff in 2025.

The work brings together the sounds of the orchestra and brass band as MacMillan looks back to his upbringing in the small coal-mining Ayrshire town of Cumnock. The concerto is dedicated to both tonight’s soloist, David Childs, and MacMillan’s euphonium-playing grandfather.

The evening begins with a mid-century neoclassical concerto grosso by Grażyna Bacewicz, dubbed “The First Lady of Polish Music”, and ends with an arrangement, in the 200th anniversary year of his death, of Beethoven’s extraordinary late quartet – said to be his favourite and made up of seven uninterrupted movements.

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Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.

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Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

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