Peter Maxwell Davies

Two dances for flute and harp from Peter Maxwell Davies' ballet Caroline Mathilde. A new instrumentation restores this linked pair of dances from Davies's second full-length ballet, Caroline Mathilde...

Peter Maxwell Davies. A humorous version of the Orkney folk tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things go hilariously wrong, wit...

Peter Maxwell Davies. A superb cycle of 7 songs depicting the hero/heroine's stay on Grandma's farm somewhere in the Orkneys one summer. The songs tell of the farm chores, nature and ghosts and are ar...

This work for Clarinet in A, Violin, Cello and Piano was premiered in May 2002 in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The piece has a fast, rhythmic opening in which the violin and cello answer short...

Parts for Peter Maxwell Davies 'Economies Of Scale'. A separate score is also availalbe on sale.

The Birds was commissioned by the Lydia Michael Trust to be about the birds of Beauly and is dedicatedto the University of Edinburgh. First performance by Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) and students from...

Blake Dreaming, 'Goodison Quartet No. 5' was commissioned by Nicholas and Judith Goodison. First performance on 30th April 2010, at Wigmore Hall, London, by Roderick Williams (baritone) and the Doric...

Blake Dreaming, 'Goodison Quartet No. 5' was commissioned by Nicholas and Judith Goodison. First performance on 30th April 2010, at Wigmore Hall, London, by Roderick Williams (baritone) and the Doric...

Stormwatch, Stormfall by Peter Maxwell Davies was commissioned by the Aventa Ensemble with assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.

Auftragskomposition des Bath International Music Festivals und des BBC Radio 3. Das Werk wurde am 30. Mai 2011 in den Assembly Rooms von Bath von Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Pipes), Joanna MacGregor...

Three songs and scenes linked by instrumental transitions make up this exciting story about a robbery with a car chase! Scope for a large group of children to be involved. The copiable parts book cont...

The story concerns a space-struck child who sets out on a journey through time and space. Topical links with science, environment, language, movement and dance. The flexible orchestra of classroom ins...

Peter Maxwell Davies. Sent on a shopping errand by Mum and Dad, Pat encounters both wickedness and kindness. The events can inspire ideas for topic work including animals, families, shopping, witches...

Peter Maxwell Davies. Six lively songs for group and solo singing with photocopiable parts for percussion and recorders. Colourful tunes and lyrics explore different moods and musical ideas and stimul...

This work was first performed in June 1984 by Rosemary Furniss (violin) and Gregory Knowles (cimbalom). Set of parts. Duration c. 12mins.

Composed in homage to William Glock, this single movement has something of the character of a slow fugue, on a theme deeply imbued with minor thirds. The woodwinds and strings are considered as pairs,...

The two-part setting of the Agnus Dei in Davies's austere, modal 'carol style' is introduced and underpinned, or even contradicted, by a duet for viola and cello that ripples out to four parts for muc...

A Mediterranean, erotic postlude to a time when Davies had been much occupied with setting the Orkney poetry of George Mackay Brown. The voice, though, is the same. The mezzo part is wide-ranging and...

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope...

The story of how the spiders teach two children who have been tormenting the insects in the garden a salutary lesson during which they learn a great deal about these creatures and recognise the wonder...

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