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. Despite the reason for writing thembeing most ‘occasional’ these pieces are certainly not lacking in musical substance as one might expect an ‘occasional’ piece to be. These pieces are ideal works for young performers to introduce them to playing modern music oreven as an introduction to the broad range of Maxwell Davies's work

Maxwell Davies' 1981 piano sonata dedicated to the memory of Charles Senior. The first performance was given by Stephen Pruslin at the Bath Festival in May 1981.

This one movement piece is dedicated to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at 60. ?Nigredo? is approximately 14 minutes long. Scored for piano solo.

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of a large number of children of all ability levels.The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things go hilariously wrong with the Selkie wife escaping to rejoin her companions in the sea and Mansie the islander facing a most uncongenial alliance with his cousin and housekeeper Miss Trowie-Tattibogle.Piano part.This isa special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

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 Orchestra conducted by the composer.2 copies are required for performance.

Les « danses de notre Temps » est une collection unique de nouvelles musiques pour piano solo, comportant un choix kaléidoscopique de répertoire international d'aujourd'hui.

Tous les titres ont été composés pour le projet multimédia Petrushka Project 2012.
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Dans l'esprit de désormais célèbre Farewell du compositeur to Stromness, cette suite de pièces courtes tire son inspiration de la northern Orcades île de Sanday sur lequel il vit. Dans trois magnifiques miniatures pour piano, il capture le caractère particulier de la Knowes o ' achillée millefeuille, eaux de Woo et Kettletoft Pier. / Piano