Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (1984)

for Highland bagpipe and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1984
    • Duration: 13 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 120a
    • Commission: Boston Pops Orchestra, pour son 100e anniversaire.
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

  • Date: 10 May 1984
    Location:

    États-Unis, Boston, Symphony Hall


    Performers:

    Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams, direction.