Peter Maxwell Davies: Mittelschwere Noten

First performed on 17 October 2000 at the Pieve dell'Assunta, Cavalese, Trentino, Italy by the Mayfield Singers, this is an Italian translation of the text A Hoy Calendar from the poem sequence Fisher...

Beacons of Hope, for concert wind band, was commissioned by the Royal British Legion to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

No 11 Bus has been expertly composed by Peter Maxwell Davis. This fantastic Score has been written for Piano with beautiful sweeping melody and harmony lines.

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...

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...

This motet for unaccompanied SATB choir was commissioned for the 500th anniversary of King's College, Cambridge. This is a setting in Greek of an Orthodox prayer to Christ as Son and Word, God and Man...

A setting of the Liber Usualis plainsong for unaccompanied SATB chorus, written for the Feast Of he Archangel St. Michael. The piece was first performed by the Chior Of Westminster Abbey in July 2004...

This short opera (duration of 50 minutes), aptly designed for children to perform with modest resources, is a version of the familiar tale, though with certain adaptations. Cinderella is an au pair gi...

Mass for Treble Voices and Organ. This work was first performed on 18th March 2003 during a celebration of Mass at Westminster Cathedral, by the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir.

The string parts for Peter Maxwell Davies' fourth in a series of ten string quartets commissioned by the Naxos Recording company.

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...

This short opera (duration of 50 minutes), aptly designed for children to perform with modest resources, is a version of the familiar tale, though with certain adaptations. Cinderella is an au pair gi...

This work was written to celebrate the Diamond Wedding of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.

The inspiring journey of the three kings to Bethlehem is beautifully told through words and music in Peter Maxwell Davies' wonderful setting of George Mackay Brown's text. The piece is arranged for SS...

Composed in 2003, The Kestrel Road was jointly commissioned by forty-seven choirs, all of which are members of Music Making - a national society that links several thousand amateur choirs and orchestr...

A solo piece for Piano aimed towards the young performer. Premiered on 6th December 1998 at the Collins performance centre in Rochester, New York.

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...

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...

Als 'Master of the Queen's Music' hat Sir Peter Maxwell Davies seit seiner Ernennung im Jahre 2004 jedes Weihnachten ein neues Weihnachtslied für die Queen geschrieben. 'Kings and Shepherds' ist das v...

Advent Calendar, by the Master of the Queen's Music, Peter Maxwell Davies, sets the text of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The work for SATB and Organ was commissioned by The Cho...