Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Recent Compositions

[Dundonnell]

I am re-posting this here:

"The Three Kings" for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra(1995): first performance London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox, London 1995

Orkney Saga I: "Fifteen keels laid in Norway for Jerusalem-farers" for orchestra (1997): first performance, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Proms London 1997

Orkney Saga II: "In Kirkwall, the first red Saint Magnus Stones" for orchestra (1997): first performance, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester 1997

"A Reel of Seven Fishermen" for orchestra(1998): first performance San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/the composer, San Francisco 1998

      BBC broadcast: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards, 14 March 2016

"Temenos, with Mermaids and Angels" for flute and orchestra(1998): first performance Richard Davis (flute) and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/the composer, Dublin 1999

"A Dance on the Hill" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra(2002): first performance Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) and the City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox, London 2005

[Gauk]

Well, here's the easy one -

"A Reel of Seven Fishermen" for orchestra(1998) - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards

http://www.mediafire.com/download/q827of17phbv9ov/Reel7Fishermen.mp3

[Dundonnell]

Many thanks indeed :)

I admit that this was the one which I hoped someone would have recorded since it was so recently broadcast. Very pleased to have it! "A Reel of Seven Fishermen" was one of the composer's most impressive later works.

All the attention in the obituaries of Maxwell Davies I have read have focussed on the early controversial works with almost no comments on the ten symphonies or the later music in general. It has been wonderful to get so many of these later works from You Tube and generous members of this site.

[guest145]

I think I can supply "Temenos." Let me check my files and I'll upload if I can find it.