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Peter Maxwell Davies
12+ albums
contemporary classicalAvant-GardebritishClassical20th Century
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (born 8 September 1934; died 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music. His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name. To his friends, Davies is known as "Max". Davies was born in Salford, England. He took piano lessons and composed from an early age. After education at Leigh Grammar School, he studied at the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music (amalgamated into the Royal Northern College of Music in 1973), where his fellow students included Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon. Together they formed New Music Manchester, a group committed to contemporary music. After graduating in 1956, he briefly studied with Goffredo Petrassi in Rome before working as Director of Music at Cirencester Grammar School from 1959 to 1962. After a further period of study on a Harkness Fellowship at Princeton University with Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt and Earl Kim, Davies moved to Australia, where he was Composer in Residence at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide from 1965-66. He then returned to the United Kingdom, and moved to the Orkney Islands, initially to Hoy in 1971 and later to Sanday. Orkney (particularly its capital, Kirkwall) hosts the St Magnus Festival, an arts festival founded by Davies in 1977. He frequently uses it to premier new works (often played by the local school orchestra). Davie
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The Yellow Cake Review, Farewell to Stromness (excerpt)
9,1912Farewell to Stromness
5,3923The Yellow Cake Revue: Farewell to Stromness
2,7864Farewell to Stromness (Arr. for Orchestra)
1,1675The Yellow Cake Revue: Piano Interludes: Farewell to Stromness
1,0546Resurrection, Act: Act: Hymn of Satisfaction (Quartet, 4 Surgeons)
6617II. Allegro moderato: Dominica Tertia Adventus, Antiphona
5658O magnum mysterium: I. O magnum mysterium
5279Farewell to Stromness (arr. T. Walker)
47710Symphony No. 1: I. Presto
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Peter Maxwell Davies: Suite from "The Boyfriend", Suite from "The Devils" & Other Works
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Music For A Royal Celebration
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LAGQ
Maxwell Davies: Resurrection
MAXWELL DAVIES: Naxos Quartets Nos 5 & 6
Maxwell Davies: Piano Works (1949-2009)
Davies: O magnum mysterium
MAXWELL DAVIES: Naxos Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 1 - Mavis in Las Vegas
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 10 - Sir Andrzej Panufnik: Symphony No. 10
Maxwell Davies: Miss Donnithorne's Maggot; Eight Songs for a Mad King
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The 50 Greatest Christmas Carols