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Neil Mackie

Neil Mackie CBE is a Scottish tenor. During his career as a singer, he was associated with the works of 20th-century composers, particularly Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies. He created the title role in Davies's opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus and Sandy in his The Lighthouse and performed in the world premieres of Davies's Into the Labyrinth, cantata for tenor and chamber orchestra, and The Jacobite Rising. He has also premiered vocal works by Elliott Carter, Hans Werner Henze and songs by Benjamin Britten. From Wikipedia (

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Messiah, Part one: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted

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Folk Song Arrangements: The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune)

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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: "Go on, illustrious pair!...While yet thy tide of blood runs high" (Live)

Neil Mackie, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, and George Frideric Handel

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Messiah, Part one: Comfort ye my people

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Is she not passing fair?

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Handel: Saul

1991

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The Leaves of Time

2009

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Davies: The Lighthouse

2014