Sir James Macmillan: Scotland's Great Composer on his Influences: Faith, Heritage & Tradition

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[@sydneycarton3000]

Thank you so much Peter for producing this channel. Please keep putting out your content

[@rbaker368]

Your channel is fast becoming one of the most varied and interesting I'm watching, really enjoying the great guests and conversations. Many thanks!

[@borderlands6606]

MacMillan is a quiet pool of wisdom in a sea of froth.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

James Macmillan. As eloquent as he is musical. Great video Peter. Many thanks.

[@aucourant9998]

Wonderful. Thank you. This channel is a little treasure.

[@madmoto7]

I went to school in the 70s. I played the trumpet in school and the local church. I also liked to play football,. That was the two things that took up most of my free time, now if you close the church and stop the schools from playing football, what do you think will happen? If you tell the young children that they can change sex if they want. They can even be a boy in the morning and a girl in the afternoon if they so desire. Back it up with the threat of the law for anyone who disagrees and sent that child to school not with a trumpet but a mobile phone which has instant porn in their pocket. Now you tell me , will that change our culture?

[@thomasadams3082]

Absolutely...it already has. Add to that another religion being imposed...it’s makes me believe in conspiracies that are going about.

[@malcolmhurst5583]

Thank you gentlemen.

[@markcox5385]

I had the great fortune to study composition with JM for 2 years at Manchester University during the 80’s. Great guy! ❤

[@AG-tj8ew]

I don’t know very much about music, but I do love The Sixteen. Will look out for James MacMillan’s music now. Thank you.

[@kevelliott]

Thank you for that! I know nothing about Sir James except that he is a venerated Scottish composer, so I was one of those who, by default, would have assumed him to be one of the globalist/lefty/EU/Common Purpose secular intellectuals that dominate the arts world. Instead we have interesting, measured, wry and well-observed conversation from a religious political conservative. Quelle surprise!

[@Gorbyrev]

What a wonderful interview. Many thanks

[@markkavanagh7377]

Great conversation. If there was ever a nominee for an anti-IainBanks it would be him!😄

[@77agape]

fascinating chat.

[@ukuleleph]

Wonderful blether! MacMillan is a national treasure, and a beacon for reason and balance. A great Christian man.

[@awreckingball]

Mature calm measured insightful discussion. Thank you for this and for reminding me that such things can still exist in public discourse.

[@BRIRICO]

I think he is a very good composer, and I have quite a lot of CD:s with his music.

[@MrCameronian]

Your first Scot Peter, time for another, how about Alexander Stoddart ?

[@MrNinjaFish]

Good stuff

[@joanketelby752]

As a teen I listened to live Met productions on CBC' s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. There were all sorts of classical music shows. Now even classical music shows have become politicized. Ugh. I enjoyed this conversation.

[@jimroche2204]

His Tu Es Petrus is hair-tingling....find it on KZbin

[@plumleytube]

Great conversation ... but his compositions are painful to my ears.

[@jenniferbate9682]

FretsUK I haven’t heard much by him yet and am a musician myself so must search.

[@gardeningfromscratch.]

So Rule Brittania, Jerusalem, etc have become comic silly songs around (19m 28sec)?

[@bassman2246]

I found it rather bizzare that so many people singing these historically patriotic songs were waving EU flags on last night of the proms. I guess that does turn it into a bit of a joke.

[@gardeningfromscratch.]

@@bassman2246 When you put it like that, but then he goes onto talk about turning the last night of the proms into a battleground.

[@davejoubert3349]

Unfortunate phrasing on their part. Such pieces of art are structurally uncomplicated because they are designed to work on an emotional level rather that a purely intellectual level. But, such art can then be distorted by the performers and the observers. If I ever met someone who admitted to waving an EU flag or wearing an EU beret at the Proms, I would have to walk away.

[@rahbourelas6457]

Alan Kendall Methinks you misunderstand the man!

[@borderlands6606]

@@rahbourelas6457 The last night of the proms was a celebration of popular music, not a coded polemic one way or the other. It's sad to see them being appropriated in this way.

[@derbar7051]

Thanks for the unexpected musical video! I have to disagree about James' point on Stravinsky though.... The rite of spring comes to mind. There were composers who rejected religion outright, such as Shostakovich, who was a renowned Atheist.

[@thomasadams3082]

I wish Catholic’s would just say Christians.

[@Denis-tg6jw]

I'm with you, but many Christians don't regard Catholics as Christian.

[@rahbourelas6457]

One really shouldn't take the Gruniad at all seriously!

[@alantrske7583]

Grauniad...check your spelling..

[@rahbourelas6457]

Alan Træske You are obviously very young! Many years ago, the Guardian misspelled is own name on the title page of the rag - they called themselves the Gruniad. Oldies like me, who read their columns and try to unspin their spin to ascertain the realities of that which they are commenting, refer to them, tongue in cheek, as the Gruniad. No offence taken!

[@alantrske7583]

@@rahbourelas6457 neejjj The Eyes have it.

[@peterdavidasige8073]

Marx never killed or imprisoned anybody. Marx wrote a book which spoke about dialectic materialism. I was a Marxist : to me it was an altruistic attempt. You cannot equate Marx with the syndicalism political revolutionaries who hid their hate behind Marxist philosophy. How can a man confuse joining the young communist party with an evil and then say that Marxism was evil and he regrets his former affiliation . He even goes on to say he regrets any succour he gave Marxism. He obviously was only on the fringes and anyway had no influence in Marxism. He sounds wholly ignorant in politics. He seems to have got some celebrity points from having once be a junior communist. I really find farts like him boring.

[@alantrske7583]

Did you adopt Marxs anti semitism too?

[@jimbrown3766]

Jesus never killed anyone either! Any ideas on the body count for him?

[@borderlands6606]

Sibole Staline you're pushing the No True Scotsman fallacy, on a Scotsman.

[@cargumdeu]

I believe Sadiq Khan's father was a conductor of sorts. They are remarkable people.

[@gerardshort531]

Yes, a bus conductor.

[@cargumdeu]

@@gerardshort531 thanks you just ruined my joke

[@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066]

If it hadn't been for that dictatorial lefty block of the art world I would probably never have bothered taking much notice of Wagner so I guess they are good for something after all.

[@dencairns2228]

I cannot get my head round why this great now non-leftie Catholic man got himself into a lather when he composed and then commented on Betty Battenburgs death. Any clues puleez?🤷🏻‍♂️