Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14021025
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 48 pages. Chester
Music #CH61838. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14021025).
ISBN
9780711986138.
5.5x7.5x0.164
inches.
Miniature
Score. This work was
commissioned by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.
It was first performed on
13th May 1998 London.
This piece is based on a
genuine old tune
'Maxwell's Strathspey'
which the composer found
in an 1824 collection of
Scottish melodies, and
which unfolds at the
start of the piece on
solo cello. Variations
and a bold up-tempo to
the quick dance we know
as a reel ultimately
yield to the magic that
has been promised right
at the start: the
northern lights take over
at the end of the piece.
Its inspiration comes
from a walk to a
community event in Hoy
Hall, during which Davies
saw the lights in the sky
pulsing in and out of
time with the sounds
coming from the hall.
Duration 12 minutes.
Conductor's score and
orchestral parts are
available on hire.
Lights Up
