Peter Maxwell Davies

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...

Otter Island est un récit descriptif associé à une musique douce et fluide qui, parfois, comporte une pointe de style populaire. Cette pièce naive, juvénile, reflète une affinité avec la jeunesse, née...

Otter Island est un récit transparent, combiné à une musique à la fois douce et fluide avec parfois un soupcon de folk. Cette pièce innocente et juvénile démontre une affinité avec la jeunesse, née de...

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.

Ecrit pour marquer le 60e anniversaire de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ce petit choral convient aux chœurs professionnels, amateurs et d'église. L'utilisation de textes bibliques (Isaie...

Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette (B), Fagott, Horn, Viola, Violoncello und Schlagzeug (7 Spieler)

The guitar, for Davies, seems to be an updated lute, and like his Elizabethan and Jacobean predecessors, he finds the sound of plucked strings suited both to dancing and to contemplation. The outer mo...

Maxwell Davies' 1981 piano sonata, dedicated to the memory of Charles Senior. The first performance was given by Stephen Pruslin at the Bath Festival in May 1981.

Peter Maxwell Davies wrote this set of six short pieces in 1993 as a gift for a friend (a double bass player and composer from the BBC Philharmonic)who was celebrating the birth of his daughter. Despi...

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 7th November 1997 at the Royal Conference Hall, Nottingham, by Kathryn Stott and the Royal Philharmonic Orches...

Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) a commencé à prendre des leçons de piano à l'âge de 8 ans et a commencé à composer peu après. Au cours des dix années suivantes, il a produit près de trente œuvres. La...

The solo flute here is kept in high profile by the absence from the orchestra not only of other flutes, but also of violins and oboes; in addition, the trumpets are used sparingly (they do not, for in...

Piccolo and Piano Reduction. This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 23 April 1997, by Stewart McIlwham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conduct...

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 2nd May 2000 at the Barbican Centre, London by Richard Watkins. Peter Maxwell Davies: The horn writing is extr...

This work, which was written shortly after the Trumpet Sonata and the Five Pieces For Piano, was first performed by Georgina Dobree and the composer at the 1957 Darmstadt Festival. The score was subse...

Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble in 2014, String Quintet is one of Maxwell Davies' last works. This intense chamber work is filled with his characteristic harmonies which give the melody and harmony...