Anthony Payne that no-one should "tinker" with the sketches), the Elgar family realised that in 2005 the sketches would come out of copyright. They therefore approved Payne's elaboration of the sketches, on which he had been working and lecturing intermittently since 1993, and he subsequently completed the piece. Payne's version of the symphony was first performed in 1998 to immediate acclaim, and has received numerous subsequent performances and several recordings. Payne has subsequently also composed a version of "Pomp and Circumstance March" No. 6 from Elgar's incomplete sketches for the work, which received its first performance under the baton of Sir Andrew
Symphony No. 4 (MacMillan) Symphony No. 4 (MacMillan) The Symphony No. 4 is the fourth symphony by the Scottish composer James MacMillan. The work was composed in celebration of the conductor Donald Runnicles's 60th birthday. It was premiered at The Proms on August 3, 2015 by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles. The symphony has a duration of roughly 37 minutes and is composed in one continuous movement. Though MacMillan had conceived the symphony years earlier, he did not begin work on the piece until late 2014. The work quotes passages from "Missa Dum Sacrum Mysterium" by the Renaissance composer Robert Carver.