Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Worldes Blis (1969)

motet for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1969
    • Duration: 37 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 38
    • Commission: BBC
Detailed formation
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, timpani, 2 harp, organ, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 28 August 1969
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Albert Hall


    Performers:

    BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.