Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Spinning Jenny (A Portrait of Leigh, Lancashire, circa 1948) (1999)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1999
    • Duration: 18 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Opus: 203
Detailed formation
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 bass trombones, timpani, 4 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 July 1999
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall


    Performers:

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.