Phillip is a British Composer and Academic. He is Professor of Composition at the University of Aberdeen.
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Phillip Cooke is the author of the first scholarly study of MacMillan's life, work and aesthetic.
Known for his orchestral, operatic and choral works, James MacMillan appeals across the spectrum of contemporary music making. From his beginnings in rural Ayrshire and his early work with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, through the international breakthrough success and his current position as one of the most prominent British composers of his generation, this book scrutinises MacMillan's compositional influences over time. It looks closely at his most significant works, setting them in a wider context defined by contemporary composition, culture and the arts in general.
Compositions
‘The Cooke is remarkable…in the background you get a flickering of candles, a halo of light, in the middle is a male choir adoring the Virgin.’
— BBC Radio 3, Record Review
‘Phillip Cooke’s…Ave Maria, mater Dei is enticingly ethereal thanks to a pair of off-stage trebles intensifying its incantatory allure.’
— BBC Music Magazine
‘Cooke is able to compose distinctive settings of familiar liturgical texts with excellent performances and some beautifully sustained pianissimos.’
— The Gramophone
Recent Compositions
