Peter Maxwell Davies: Partituras medio

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 gi...

Mass for Treble Voices and Organ. This work was first performed on 18th March 2003 during a celebration of Mass at Westminster Cathedral, by the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir.

The string parts for Peter Maxwell Davies' fourth in a series of ten string quartets commissioned by the Naxos Recording company.

Three songs and scenes linked by instrumental transitions make up this exciting story about a robbery with a car chase! Scope for a large group of children to be involved. The copiable parts book cont...

This work was written to celebrate the Diamond Wedding of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.

The inspiring journey of the three kings to Bethlehem is beautifully told through words and music in Peter Maxwell Davies' wonderful setting of George Mackay Brown's text. The piece is arranged for SS...

Composed in 2003, The Kestrel Road was jointly commissioned by forty-seven choirs, all of which are members of Music Making - a national society that links several thousand amateur choirs and orchestr...

A solo piece for Piano aimed towards the young performer. Premiered on 6th December 1998 at the Collins performance centre in Rochester, New York.

A Mediterranean, erotic postlude to a time when Davies had been much occupied with setting the Orkney poetry of George Mackay Brown. The voice, though, is the same. The mezzo part is wide-ranging and...

On 23 June 2013 Peter Maxwell Davies's Capstone, for organ, received its world premiere performance at the City of London Festival. Commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral, Capstone was performed at the C...

As Master of the Queens Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has written a new carol for Her Majesty the Queen each Christmas since his appointment began in 2004. Kings and Shepherds is the fourth and like...

Advent Calendar, by the Master of the Queen's Music, Peter Maxwell Davies, sets the text of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The work for SATB and Organ was commissioned by The Cho...

Continuing the wealth of choral music from Maxwell Davies through his role as Master of the Queen's music, An Heavenly Song is the second delightful carol in the Royal Collection, and is suitable for...

Written for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh for Christmas 2006, this delightful carol displays the natural affinity that the composer has with writing for voice. Sui...

Appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004, Max, as he is fondly known, has now written four Christmas Carols for Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. At just under f...

As Master of the Queens Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has written a new carol for Her Majesty the Queen each Christmas since his appointment in 2004. Ave, Plena Gracia, written for Christmas 2009, i...

A solemn prayer setting by Peter Maxwell Davies of a text from Liber Usualis, for unaccompanied SSATB chorus. The setting was first performed in May 2005 at the St. Magnus Cathedral, Orkney, conducted...

The first in a series of Ten quartets commissioned by the Naxos recording company. First performed at Wigmore Hall, London in Oct 2002 by the Maggini Quartet. A convenient, miniature-sized version of...

This work was commissioned by the Naxos Recording Company, and is the fifth in a series of ten quartets. It was first performed on 20th October 2004 at the Wigmore Hall, London by the Maggini Quartet.

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, Can...

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet, on the occasion of Rosalind Strover's 100th birthday. It was first performed by the Maggini Quartet on 5th November 2004, at S...

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet, on the occasion of Rosalind Strover's 100th birthday. It was first performed by the Maggini Quartet on 5th November 2004, at S...