Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Blind Man's Buff (1972)

for voice, dancer, mime and ensemble

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1972
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 51
    • Commission: BBC
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte : Sir Peter Maxwell Davies d'après Leonce und Lena de Georg Büchner.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: soprano, mezzo-soprano, mime, male dancer
  • flute (also piccolo, alto flute), clarinet, percussion, guitar (also banjo), ukulele (also mandolin), harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 May 1972
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Round House


    Performers:

    Josephine Barstow, Mary Thomas, Mark Furneaux, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, direction.