Music-theatre works-The poems which form the basis of this work were inspired by a miniature mechanical organ playing eight tunes once the property of George III. A scrap of paper sold with it explains that 'This Organ was George the Third for Birds to sing'.Peter Maxwell Davies then set these poems to music and devised them as a semi-theatrical work for Male Vocalist Piano Violin Cello Flute…

Composer's Notes:Dove Star-Folded was written at Christmas 2000 in memory of the recently deceased Sir Steven Runciman who had been a friend for more than thirty years. It was he who owned the small automaticorgan which had belonged to King George III with which the King in his madness had tried to teach caged finches to sing: this was central to the inspiration and conception of my Eight S…

for baritone and piano. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. Opening simply with a solo voice, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Italian settings of eight poems by Renaissance artist Michelangelo for baritone and piano take both the performers and audience on a striking journey through Michelangelo’s tortured and knotty Tuscan poetry. The piano is introduced in the second of the eight settings punctuating the vocal …

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 girl who arrives on the scene bytrain and there are three ugly sisters who get their just deserts in marriage to the appalling leaders of the armed forces. Writing for children in the Orkney Islands D…

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.Musically the piece is a bright sequence of littlesongs choruses dialogue scenes and dances probably best suited to children between the ages of eight and twelve though the parts of the ugly sisters can usefully be taken by …

Full score of all eight lines.

This work was commissioned by the Naxos Recording Company and is the eighth in a series of ten quartets. It was first performed on 10th March 2006 by the Maggini Quartet at St. Gregory’s Centre Canterbury Christ ChurchUniversity Canterbury as part of the Sounds New Festival.Naxos Quartet No. 8 is dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen on her 80th birthday.

Vocal Score. By Peter Maxwell Davies. Boosey and Hawkes Voice. Size 9x12 inches. 35 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

For Male Voice and Instrumental Ensemble. By Peter Maxwell Davies. (Study Score). Boosey and Hawkes Scores and Books. Size 8.25x11.75 inches. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

SKU: SU.91409192

Composed by Christopher Fulkerson. CD (Audio). Subito Music Corporation #91409192. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.91409192).

Modernism Forever Volume One - Fulkerson, Carter, Davies Disc 1 1. The Childermass (Live) Christopher Fulkerso…

Flute and Harp

SKU: HL.14021002

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 1999. 10 pages. Chester Music #CH60938. Published by Chester Music (HL.14021002).

ISBN 9780711955103. 9.0x12.0x0.054 inches.

Two dances…

(String Quartet)

SKU: HL.14021029

Music Sales America. 37 pages. Chester Music #CH7104901. Published by Chester Music (HL.14021029).

UPC: 884088492342. 8.25x11.75x0.215 inches.

This work was commissioned by the Naxos Recording Company, and is the eighth in a serie…

String Quintet (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.49045136

Score and Parts. Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2014. Op. 330. 104 pages. Duration 23'. Schott Music #ED13778. Publish…

For Piano Solo. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Bosworth & Co. #BOE005126. Published by Bosworth & Co. . 20th Century.