Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Piccolo Concerto (1996)

for piccolo flute and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1996
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Opus: 182
    • Commission: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Dedication: Stewart MacIlwham
Detailed formation
  • soloist: piccolo
  • 2 flutes, alto flute, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 ten-string guitars, 2 trumpets, timpani, 3 percussions, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 23 April 1997
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall


    Performers:

    Stewart MacIlwham, flûte piccolo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.