Peter Maxwell Davies

Max wrote this tiny piece for the small chorus of his St Magnus Festival, with a plain string accompaniment. It works absolutely beautifully and its text (in Latin) reminds us that sometimes we should...

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...

During his time as Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies wrote a new carol for Her Majesty the Queen each Christmas. Lullay, My Child, and Weep No More was the first in this series, wr...

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...

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 to the role in 2004. Fleecy Care Carol, written for Chris...

As Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has written a new carol for Her Majesty the Queen each Christmas since his appointment to the role in 2004. A Winter Lamb, a setting of George...

The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turne...

Start Point ist eine aus vier Melodien bestehende Sammlung, die für den Sanday Fiddle Club geschrieben wurden. Die Melodien, die 2006 beim St. Magnus Festival als Ganzes uraufgeführt wurden, sind nach...

A Birthday Card for Prince Charles' was written for the Sanday Fiddle Club, in celebration of the sixtieth birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Sanday is one of the Orkney Islands, the...

The Sonata, in six movements, is the direct outcome of Peter Maxwell Davies' encounter with the 'pievi' - early medieval rural churches - of Tuscany. He writes: 'In particular, it was inspired by the...

A sketch of the majestic flight of a great and rare sea-bird in music which is mostly slow, though rising to scalic runs of great brilliance and flexibility. For solo horn.

Experience an exceptionally expressive work for solo oboe with "First Grace Of Light," published by the renowned Boosey & Hawkes. This high-quality sheet music edition masterfully captures the unique,...

The basis of this suite is a series of dances in my opera The Two Fiddlers, performed by children. They are played on the fiddle, Orkney-Scottish style, by Storm Kolson, first at the Trolls' dance, an...

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time and as he reaches his 75th birthday in 2009 he remains prolific.The sonata for violin and piano was wr...

Composed in London and Italy but inspired by Scottish fiddle writing, Max's sonata for solo violin is a reflective work that is both exuberant and nostalgic - a fantastic show piece from one of the UK...

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 strikin...

Mr Emmet represents an enigma: is he a business man with briefcase and umbrella pursuing the ultimate commercial contract, a double agent extorting a much shadier deal from a foreign power, or a tragi...

These 5 short voluntaries are arrangements of Jeremiah Clarke, William Croft, Pierre Attaignant and Louis Couperin. They make lively and interesting pieces suitable for youth orchestras or school orch...