Hamish MacCunn (22 March 1868 – 2 August 1916) was a Scottish Romantic composer, conductor and teacher. His opera Diarmid(libretto by the Marquis of Lome), was produced at Covent Garden on 23 October 1897.[1][2] His other music includes cantatas,concert overtures, part-songs, instrumental pieces and songs, all markedly Scottish in type. He had a genuine love of Scottishfolksong, and although he lived in London he was a lifelong champion of Scottish music and of the country’s musical life.
Compositions (selective list)[edit]
Orchestral[edit]
- 1883 - Fantasia Overture (unfinished)
- 1885 - Cior Mhor, overture (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 27 October 1885)
- 1886-87 - The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, concert overture, Op.3 (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 5 November 1887)
- 1887 - The Ship o’ the Fiend, ballad, Op.5 (fp. St James's Hall, London, 21 February 1888)
- 1888 - The Dowie Dens o’ Yarrow, ballad, Op.6 (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 13 October 1888 )
- 1896 - Highland Memories, suite, Op.30 (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 13 March 1897)
- 1900-09 - Four Dances
Choral and vocal[edit]
- 1882-84 - The Moss Rose, cantata (fp. Royal Albert Hall [West Theatre], London, 10 December 1885)
- 1887 - Lord Ullin's Daughter, cantata (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 18 February 1888)
- 1886-88 - Bonny Kilmeny, cantata, Op.2 (fp. Queens Street Hall, Edinburgh, 13 December 1888)
- 1888 - The Lay of the Last Minstrel, cantata, Op.7 (fp. City Hall, Glasgow, 18 December 1888)
- 1889 - The Cameronian's Dream, cantata, Op.10 (fp. Queens Street Hall, Edinburgh, 27 January 1890)
- 1890 - Psalm VIII, for chorus and organ (fp. 2nd International Industrial Exhibition, Meggetland, Edinburgh, 1 May 1890)
- 1891 - Queen Hynde of Caledon, cantata, Op.13 (fp. City Hall, Glasgow, 28 January 1892)
- 1900 - The Masque of War and Peace, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (fp. Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 13 February 1900)
- 1905 - The Wreck of the Hesperus, cantata (fp. Coliseum Theatre, London, 28 August 1905)
- 1908 - The Pageant of Darkness and Light, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (fp. Agricultural Hall, London, 4 June 1908)
- 1912 - Livingstone the Pilgrim, for soli, chorus and or organ (fp. Royal Albert Hall, London, 19 March 1913)
- 1896-1913 - Four Scottish Traditional Border Ballads (Kinmont Willie; The Jolly Goshawk; Lamkin; The Death of Parcy Reed), for chorus and orchestra (Nos.1-3 fp. Victoria Hall, Sheffield, 19 April 1921; No.4 fp. Queen's Hall, London, 25 March 1925)
Operatic[edit]
- 1894 - Jeannie Deans, opera (fp. Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 15 November 1894)
- 1897 - Diarmid, opera, Op.34 (fp. Covent Garden Theatre, London, 23 October 1897)
- 1904 - Prue, comic opera (unfinished)
- 1905 - The Golden Girl, light opera (fp. Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, 5 August 1905)
- Breast of Light, Op.36 (unfinished)
