“For more than a decade, the Scottish composer had to keep a secret about ‘one the most significant things that has ever happened to me.’ In 2011, officials at Westminster Abbey approached him to write an anthem for the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II. He first heard the piece when the world did—on television. ‘It was a pinch-me moment really,’ he says.” [Musical America Worldwide; December 9, 2022]
James MacMillan’s Secret No More.
