The nature of the bestiary.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: July 22, 2005 | Copyright information

PROMS 2005 BBCPO/Noseda/ MacMillan Stephen Pettitt Plastic fantastic: A Cracking Night, one of Assefa Gebrekidan's three-dimensional collages

YESTERDAY'S events meant a smaller audience for last night's Prom, at which the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra gave the London premiere of James MacMillan's new organ concerto, A Scotch Bestiary, written for Disney Hall, Los Angeles, under the composer's own direction.

The piece, well received, offered no surprises for thos...

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