Scotland’s Next Great Composer?

Composing is an art that usually requires great practice and refinement before a practitioner can be judged to have reached the upper echelons. But among Scotland’s crop of hot young composers is a 28-year-old who is already being compared to composing’s elder statesmen. Stuart MacRae is not a relentless self-promoter, but as official composer of the BBC Scottish Symphony, his work is becoming known throughout the UK and beyond.