Peter Maxwell Davies
b. 1934
Snapshot
English Deutsch
Peter Maxwell Davies is one of the most significant figures in post-War European music * Rose to prominence in late 1960s with neo-expressionistic music-theatre pieces Eight Songs for a Mad King and Vesalii Icones, orchestra scores Worldes Blis and St Thomas Wake, and opera Taverner * Many works composed for distinctive chamber sextet of Fires of London * Since the 1970s, worklist includes Trumpet Concerto, 8 Symphonies, and 10 Strathclyde Concertos written for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra * Many works for young performers * Active as conductor, both of his own works and standard repertoire* Appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004
Works by Peter Maxwell Davies include:
Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) Music-theatre work for male singer and ensemble
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (1985) for orchestra or chamber orchestra and Highland pipes
Symphony No.5 (1994) for orchestra
Looking Ahead: 75th birthday celebrations at St Magnus Festival (19-24 Jun), City of London Festival (25 Jun-7 Jul) including London premiere of String Trio (25 Jun) and world premiere of Three Sanday Places (1 Jul), Edinburgh Festival (16 Aug); BBC Proms on the birthday itself (8 Sep); new NMC recording of Taverner (Nov) and concert performance in Glasgow (8 Nov)
"...vivid theatricality and a musical idiom that combines medieval mysticism, modernist rigour and happy accessibility." — New York Times
Also visit the Peter Maxwell Davies website at www.maxopus.com. [Please note this site is currently unavailable and will be relaunched shortly.]
Also visit the Peter Maxwell Davies website at www.maxopus.com. [Please note this site is currently unavailable and will be relaunched shortly.]
