String Instruments, String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14008384 Composed by S...(+)
String Instruments,
String Quartet (Score)
SKU: HL.14008384
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2006. 36
pages. Chester Music
#CH69839. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14008384).
ISBN
9781847723970.
8.25x11.75x0.149
inches.
The
complete String Quartet
score for Maxwell Davies'
Quartet No.6. This work
was commissioned by the
Naxos Recording Company,
and is the sixth in a
series of ten quartets.
It was first performed on
26th April 2005 at the
Purcell Room, London by
the Maggini Quartet.
Flute and Piano (Score) SKU: HL.14008426 Strathclyde Concerto No. 6 (F...(+)
Flute and Piano (Score)
SKU: HL.14008426
Strathclyde Concerto
No. 6 (Flute Part).
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 60 pages.
Chester Music #CH61024.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14008426).
ISBN
9780711942042.
The
solo flute here is kept
in high profile by the
absence from the
orchestra not only of
other flutes, but also of
violins and oboes; in
addition, the trumpets
are used sparingly (they
do not, for instance,
play in the slow
movement), so that for
much of the time the
flute is playing against
a mellow ensemble of
clarinets, horns,
bassoons and low strings.
If this is, nevertheless,
one of Davies's most
open-spirited pieces,
that comes partly from
the ready flights of the
soloist, partly from its
glockenspiel
accompaniments in the
outer movements (replaced
by ticking claves in the
Adagio), partly from the
dancing character of so
much of the music, and
partly from the harmonic
clarity, in a light
region not far from C
minor. Flute part with
piano reduction of the
orchestral score.
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14008409 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Dav...(+)
String Quartet (Score)
SKU: HL.14008409
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book Only.
Composed 1999. Chester
Music #CH55681. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008409).
This is - so
far - the earliest
composition by Davies to
be available for
performance, and mighty
interesting it is.
Written while he was
still a young student, it
provides a candid glimpse
of the thing that
concerned him: how music
could be both
forward-moving in the
classical Western sense
(this is, after all, a
piece for a wholly
conventional medium) and
repetitive in the manner
of the Indian and
medieval music in which
he was interested. What
results is a singular
machine geared to an
intermittent ostinato in
the first violin. This
movement for string
quartet was first
performed by the Arditti
Quartet in May 1983, as
part of the 40th
Anniversary Gala concert
of the Society for the
Promotion of New Music at
the Barbican Hall,
London. Score
(miniature). Duration c.
5mins.
Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-). For Baritone, Chorus, Orchestra (S...(+)
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies (1934-).
For Baritone, Chorus,
Orchestra (Study Score).
Study Score. Softcover.
Schott Music #ED13709.
Published by Schott Music
Violin and Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14008396 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwe...(+)
Violin and Orchestra
(Score)
SKU:
HL.14008396
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 112 pages. Chester
Music #CH55780. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008396).
ISBN
9780711921337.
8.5x12.0x0.533
inches.
This work
was commissioned by the
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra to celebrate
its 40th birthday. The
first performance took
place in June 1986 at St.
Magnus' Cathedral,
Kirkwall, as part of the
tenth St. Magnus
Festival. Written for and
first performed by Isaac
Stern, Davies's Violin
Concerto brings together
two streams in his music:
symphonism and
folk-fiddling. In its
strongly developed
substance, it asks to be
measured in the company
of Beethoven, Brahms and
Sibelius, while there is
also, particularly in the
middle movement, a strong
element of the Scots
lament. The orchestra is
generally muted in
colour, though there is a
dramatic role for the
timpanist. There are
three movements, played
without a break - this is
only one of many
connections with the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto. Duration c.
30mins.
Cello and Orchestra SKU: HL.14020990 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies...(+)
Cello and Orchestra
SKU: HL.14020990
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Score. Composed
1999. 80 pages. Chester
Music #CH58933. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14020990).
ISBN
9780711923904.
5.5x7.5x0.283
inches.
If Davies's
Cello Concerto has
already evoked
comparisons with Elgar's,
that is perhaps an
indication not only of
its wealth of solo melody
(there is hardly a page
where the cello is not
singing, or if not that,
then dancing), and of its
predominantly slow
tempos, but also of its
musical stature. This
second Strathclyde
concerto is a virtuoso
piece for the entire
ensemble, which is used
almost throughout as a
clutch of soloists rather
than as a tutti block.
The general tone is one
of passionate but
interior dialogue,
especially in the opening
Moderato and the slow
movement; and though the
finale is more extrovert,
the work ends back in
quietness and
rumination.
Bassoon and Piano SKU: HL.14020992 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. ...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
HL.14020992
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. 20th Century.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 60 pages.
Chester Music #CH60945.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14020992).
ISBN 9780711936805.
9.0x12.0x0.185
inches.
Unusually
for him, Davies starts
his Bassoon Concerto not
with slow music but with
speed and brilliance: the
opening is a Presto,
initiated by the strings,
and only at the entry of
the soloist does the
tempo relax to that of a
real introduction. Out of
this grow a big dancing
Allegro. The slow
movement begins and ends
with a simple song,
around fantastical
ornamentation from the
soloist. The finale is
again a recitative and
dance, with a slow coda.
The whole work is an
immense show of stamina,
poetry and athleticism
for the bassoon, set
against an orchestra
coloured by low wind
(alto flute, clarinet in
A, bass clarinet,
contrabassoon, horns).
Bassoon part with piano
reduction of the
orchestral score.
Piccolo and Piano SKU: HL.14008367 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. ...(+)
Piccolo and Piano
SKU:
HL.14008367
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2001. 8 pages. Chester
Music #CH61499. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008367).
ISBN
9780711975422.
8.25x11.75x0.105
inches.
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,
conducted by the
composer. The three
movements should be
played without a break.
The piccolo may have
obvious limitations as a
solo instrument, but
Davies is not one to
shirk a challenge. What
he does is to play with
the stereotypical modes
of the instrument, so
that the military pipe
and drum effect is hinted
at near the beginning of
the third movement, while
the jaunty manner is
recalled at the close of
the first, but as through
a veil. A potentially
comic partnership with
the bass clarinet is also
dignified when the two
instruments engage in
meditative dialogue in
the second movement.
Duration c. 15 minutes.
Study Score on sale.
Conductor's score and
orchestral parts are
available on hire.
Piccolo, Orchestra SKU: HL.14008366 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies....(+)
Piccolo, Orchestra
SKU: HL.14008366
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. 48 pages.
Chester Music #CH61498.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14008366).
ISBN 9780711975415.
5.5x7.5x0.164
inches.
Orchestral
study score. 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,
conducted by the
composer. The three
movements should be
played without a break.
The piccolo may have
obvious limitations as a
solo instrument, but
Davies is not one to
shirk a challenge. What
he does is to play with
the stereotypical modes
of the instrument, so
that the military pipe
and drum effect is hinted
at near the beginning of
the third movement, while
the jaunty manner is
recalled at the close of
the first, but as through
a veil. A potentially
comic partnership with
the bass clarinet is also
dignified when the two
instruments engage in
meditative dialogue in
the second movement. Solo
part and piano reduction
on sale. Conductor's
score and orchestral
parts are available on
hire.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14020966 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sa...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14020966
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 34 pages. Chester
Music #CH61015. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14020966).
ISBN
9780711960930.
Orch
estral work for school
orchestra A short
tone-poem which will let
a school orchestra glow.
Characteristically,
Davies finds ways to
engage and stretch young
players while staying
within the bounds of what
is practical for them.
And as so often, the
result is a piece in
which he thinks
youthfully. This is
vividly dramatic music.
Score. Duration c.
7mins.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14021044 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sa...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14021044
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Studyscore. Composed
2002. 114 pages. Chester
Music #CH61797. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14021044).
ISBN
9780711984813.
Roma
, Amor, Labyrinthos for
orchestra was
commissioned by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra
and first performed on
2nd May 2000 at the
Barbican Hall, London.
The Independent, May
2000: Roma, Amor,
Labyrinthus captures the
composers recollections
of Rome as a student in
the late '50s under
Goffredo Petrassi, to
whom the work is
dedicated... [this is]
one of Sir Peter's most
spectacular scores,
evoking the might of the
ancient city from a very
personal viewpoint.
Duration 43 minutes.
Conductor's score and
orchestral parts are
available on hire.
String Quartet (Score) SKU: HL.14022647 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Dav...(+)
String Quartet (Score)
SKU: HL.14022647
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2006. 24
pages. Chester Music
#CH69135. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14022647).
ISBN
9781846098611.
5.5x7.5x0.101
inches.
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.
High Voice and Orchestra SKU: HL.14020965 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell D...(+)
High Voice and Orchestra
SKU: HL.14020965
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Score. Composed
1999. 92 pages. Chester
Music #CH60950. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14020965).
ISBN
9780711936959.
The
story centres on the
English princess Caroline
Mathilde (1751-1775),
sister of George III, who
at the age of 15 was sent
to Denmark to marry the
17-year-old eccentric and
schizophrenic Danish
King, Christian VII. The
ballet portrays her
unhappy marriage, the
King's growing madness
and her fatal love-affair
with Struensee, the
King's influential
physician, which leads to
their arrest, his
execution and her exile,
at the age of 20,
separated from her two
young children. This
suite begins with the
act's opening number: a
boisterous, stamping
dance to which the people
rudely mock Queen
Caroline Mathilde and her
lover Struensee. After
this comes a dark Adagio,
The Conspiracy, in which
the theme passes like
persuasion from mouth to
mouth, its variations
suggesting the different
attitudes of the
conspirators, firmly
controlled by the
brass-driven gestures of
the Queen Dowager. The
conspiracy then works
itself out at a court
masked ball, from which
the suite includes two
dances: a gavotte, and a
slow, lubricious
passacaglia that is a pas
de deux for Caroline
Mathilde and Struensee.
The Arrest comes with a
gathering rush of music
that envelops the King,
the Queen and Struensee,
leading to a vociferous
climax in which they are
held apart. In The
Execution, slow white
music for wordless female
voices, harp and low
strings is interrupted by
pathetic, alienated
outbursts from the King.
The suite ends, as does
the ballet, with a quiet
adagio lament for
clarinets and alto flute
as the Queen goes into
exile. Score. Duration c.
33mins.