Peter Maxwell Davies

This was first performed as part of a BBC promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall in July 1973 by The Fires Of London, conducted by the composer. The violin doubles the harpsichord. A basset clarin...

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...

A Choral Suite for Two Part (Soprano and Alto) Children's Chorus setting the text of George Mackay Brown. This enchanting 12-minute cycle is typical of the subtle and delicate way Maxwell-Davies appro...

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...

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...

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...

There are seven songs and an instrumental interlude, making all together an entertainment that provides opportunity for very simple stage action and dancing: nothing at all elaborate is needed in the...

There are seven songs and an instrumental interlude, making all together an entertainment that provides opportunity for very simple stage action and dancing: nothing at all elaborate is needed in the...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.

On 23 June 2013 Peter Maxwell Davies's Capstone, for organ, received its world premiere performance at the City of London Festival. Commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral, Capstone was performed at the C...

This essentially contemplative work in four movements is based on a plainsong fragment from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, traditionally sung on Maundy Thursday in the ceremonies spiralling down to the...

Two works for the organ that are both composed around plainsong textures and melodies, together as a unified pair of performance pieces. Reliqui Domum Meum was first performed in Orkney, 1996 by Heath...