'Hymn to Artemis Lochiae' (J431), for clarinet quintet; 2004. (The title is on f. 37v). Commissioned by Professor Ian Craft. First performed in August 2004 at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland by Dimitri Ashkenazy and the Brodsky Quartet. Published by Schott, 2004. 1. ff. 1-56. Charts and sketc...
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Veni creator Spiritus', etc.
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1. ff. 1-13. 'Veni Creator Spiritus' (J402), for organ; 2002. ff. 1-8. Draft score; - ff. 9-13. Score. First performed on 15 February 2002 at Rochester Cathedral by James Eaton. Published by Chester Music, 2004. 2. f. 14. 'Between Ebb and Flow' (without 'J' number), for piano; 2003. Score. 3. ff....
1. ff. 1-27. 'Military March' (J439), for instrumental ensemble; 2005. Charts, draft score and score. Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music and first performed on 18 April 2005 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, as part of the 'Max, A Musician of our Time' Festival. Published by Schott, 20...
1. ff. 1-48. 'Seven Summer Songs' (J322), for young children to play and sing; [1993]. Score. First performed on 18 June 1992, as part of St Magnus Festival, Orkney, by pupils of Burray, Holm, and Papdale primary schools. Published by Chester Music 1995. 2. ff. 49-58. 'Shepherds of Hoy' (J327), c...
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse'
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'Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse' (J324), for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1993. A setting of fragments from Richard Hill's 'Commonplace Book', a manuscript in the Library of Balliol College, Oxford. ff. 1-45. Preliminary materials, draft programme notes and correspondence; - ff. 46-71. Draf...
ff. 1-31. George Mackay Brown's texts, mostly typescript but including an autograph of 'Midnight words', 1983, f. 10, and two poems printed as Christmas cards. ff. 32-85. Vocal score. (ff. 2-5 are apparently unrelated material, entitled ' Proposal for a Nativity Play for Hoy School'.)
'The Three Kings' (J343), for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra; 1995. Words by George Mackay Brown, interspersed with fragments of anonymous Latin carols. Commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus and first performed on 15 October 1995 at the Barbican Hall, London. Published by Chester ...