Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (1984)
for Highland bagpipe and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1984
- Duration: 13 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 120a
- Commission: Boston Pops Orchestra, pour son 100e anniversaire.
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Composition date:
1984
- Type
- Concertant music [Solo woodwind instrument and ensemble/orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: bagpipe
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet (also clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 tubas, 4 percussionists, timpani, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
10 May 1984
Location:États-Unis, Boston, Symphony Hall
Performers:Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams, direction.