CBSO MacMillan’s St Luke Passion

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2EA
United Kingdom
0121 200 2000
symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus
CBSO Youth Chorus
James MacMillan conductor
Toby Spence tenor
Richard Watkins horn

James MacMillan has been called the greatest British composer since Britten, and his music is urgent, melodious, and burning to communicate. The UK premiere of his St Luke Passion – co-commissioned for the 40th anniversary of the CBSO Chorus – is a major event, and with the composer himself conducting our famous choruses, this is a chance to experience musical history in the making.

6.15pm Pre-concert talk: James MacMillan introduces the UK premiere of his St Luke Passion, in conversation with Stephen Maddock.



Benjamin Britten : Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
James MacMillan : St Luke Passion