Peter Maxwell Davies

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...

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) empezó a estudiar piano a los 8 años y a componer poco después. En los diez años siguientes produjo cerca de treinta obras. Gran parte de esta obra juvenil fue escrita...

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, 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...

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate its 40th birthday, and was written for Isaac Stern. The first performance took place in June 1986 at St. Magnus' Cathedral,...

Commissioned to write a piece for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Davies provided a musical General Assembly of his own: a bright overture based on an Australian aboriginal song which give...

This is effectively a work in three movements - Allegro, Andante cantabile and Presto - which Davies likens to 'three obstacle courses, bristling with technical difficulties'. However, as he goes on t...

This is effectively a work in three movements - Allegro, Andante cantabile and Presto - which Davies likens to 'three obstacle courses, bristling with technical difficulties'. However, as he goes on t...

Dedicated to the memory of Mrs Doreen Johnson, a teacher at Sanday School on Orkney, Mrs Johnson's Tunes is an evocative collection of 4 pieces for junior recorder ensembles. Perfect for school concer...

Dedicated to the memory of Mrs Doreen Johnson, a teacher at Sanday School on Orkney, Mrs Johnson's Tunes is an evocative collection of 4 pieces for junior recorder ensembles. Perfect for school concer...