It was heartening that the Papal visit included a number of pieces by James Macmillan. His Mass of John Henry Newman was commissioned for the visit and was heard at the open-air masses in Glasgow and in Birmingham; the mass is a congregational one, being scored for cantor, congregation and organ with optional SATB Choir, brass and timpani.
You can see the Papal mass at Westminster Cathedral here, it opens with a wonderfully loud Introit by James MacMillan.
Monday, 4 October 2010
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