PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

Peter Maxwell Davies brought theatre, ritual, austerity, and sharp dramatic intelligence into modern British composition. The composer from Scotland wrote works including Eight Songs for a Mad King, Vesalii Icones, Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, and the cycle of Strathclyde Concertos. His tag connects 21st-century classical music, opera, and the stark landscape of Orkney as musical imagination.

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