MacMillan: Symphony No 4 & Viola Concerto
Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
CDA68317
MacMillan’s viola concerto was written for Lawrence Power, who brings a unique authority to this, its first recording. The fourth symphony—a major addition to the repertoire—is a generous and appropriate coupling, both works incorporating and alchemically transforming musical elements from the distant past.