Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances (1993)

for violin and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1993
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Opus: 161
Detailed formation
  • soloist: violin
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussionist, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 24 November 1993
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Glasgow, City Hall


    Performers:

    James Clark, violon, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, , Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.