Chester Music

Musique A Grande Vitesse (MGV) translates as 'high speed music' and was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North European Paris-Lille line in 1993. The piece runs co...

Stravinsky won his initial fame with the ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau De Feu), using enormous orchestration and dynamic elements. Commissioned by Diaghilev, it was his first large scale work. Orchest...

The Suite For Small Orchestra No. 1 was composed between 1917 and 1925. This miniature work, comprising an introduction and three national dances, is notable for its prominent rhythms and rich orchest...

Work first performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1943.

An orchestral work in four movements written in 1947. > Allegro con Fuoco > Molto Vivace > Andante Cantabile > Finale

Orchestral work premiered at the Wigmore Hall by The London Chamber Orchestra in 1950.

Premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall under the baton of the composer, July 1943.

Premiered at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Adrian Boult in August 1946.

Obliques ia a short work in a single movement. It was completed in the summer of 1958 during the Tanglewood Summer School of Music in the USA.

Work for Orchestra dating from 1965.

This Concerto was commissioned by the Feeney Trust for the City of Birmingham Orchestra and was written between March and November 1967. It consists of five sections and they are played without a brea...

Commissioned and premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall under the baton of Sir Charles Groves, May 1978.

Work for Orchestra commissioned by the 1973 Three Choirs Festival. Premiered by the CBSO under the baton of the composer.

This was commissioned by the New London Ensemble with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. The New London Ensemble conducted by Richard Bradshaw gave the first performance on 8 January...

Commissioned by the Amsterdam Municipality for the Concertgebouw Orchestra. World Premier in October 1976 conducted by the composer. Duration c. 15 mins. Full score and orchestral parts available on h...

First performed in November 1954 by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Witold Rowicki. Duration c. 29mins. Orchestral material available for hire from Chester Music.

This work, written by Maxwell Davies in 1983 for chamber orchestra, was commissioned to celebrate the quartercentenary of Edinburgh University. The first performance was given by the Scottish Chamber...

This concert overture is a portrait of the Hoy island postman: a rumbustuous, yarn-spinning character, to judge by the music. Commissioned by the Scottish Postal Board, and dedicated to the Board's Ch...