Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead (1973)

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1973
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 57
    • Commission: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Detailed formation
  • flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, timpani, celesta, harp, strings, mezzo-soprano

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 September 1973
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Glasgow, City Hall


    Performers:

    Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, direction.