Composer defends clearances historian
ONE of Scotland’s most celebrated composers has reignited the row over the Highland Clearances by dedicating his latest work to a controversial author who claims the notorious episode is a myth.
Dr James MacMillan, composer-conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, has ridden to the defence of Michael Fry, who has been widely attacked for claiming tales of mass eviction are exaggerated.
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