Maxwell Davies, Peter: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (version for full orchestra) (1985) 13'
for orchestra with bagpipe solo
Scoring
2.2.2(II=bcl).2-4.2.2.1-timp.perc(4):susp.cym/swanee whistle/slapstic BD/SD/large tamb/4wdbl/cyms/glsp/marimba/crot-Highland bagpipes-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
5/10/1985
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Pops Orchestra / John Williams
Press Quotes
The music is folklike, delightful, and increasingly boozy and woozy as the celebrations go on until the majesty of dawn, embodied in the arrival of a Highland bagpiper...This piece is great not just because it's ingenious and fun but because it is more than that, a celebration of nature and of humanity's place in it.
Boston Globe
for orchestra with bagpipe solo
Scoring
2.2.2(II=bcl).2-4.2.2.1-timp.perc(4):susp.cym/swanee whistle/slapstic BD/SD/large tamb/4wdbl/cyms/glsp/marimba/crot-Highland bagpipes-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
5/10/1985
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Pops Orchestra / John Williams
Press Quotes
The music is folklike, delightful, and increasingly boozy and woozy as the celebrations go on until the majesty of dawn, embodied in the arrival of a Highland bagpiper...This piece is great not just because it's ingenious and fun but because it is more than that, a celebration of nature and of humanity's place in it.
Boston Globe
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