Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
Orkney Saga I: Fifteen keels laid in Norway for Jerusalem-farers (1997)
for orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1997
- Duration: 20 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 185
- Commission: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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Composition date:
1997
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Orchestral music]
Detailed formation
- piccolo, 2 flutes (also alto flute), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, celesta, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
25 July 1997
Location:Royaume-Uni, Londres, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall
Performers:BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.