Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding (With Sunrise) (1984)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Filarmónica Real dirigida por Peter Maxwell Davies. Peter Maxwell Davies is one of Britain’s most prestigious and prolific composers. Appointed as Master of the Queen’s Music between 2004 and 2014, Davies has composed over 300 pieces in all genres; many of them breaking barriers between contemporary classical and vernacular idioms. Most of these belong to stage and symphonic poem categories such as the three presented here. In An Orkney Wedding (with Sunrise), Maxwell Davies describes a traditional Scottish wedding which he attended and lasted until the next morning, witnessing a spectacular sunrise. Peter Maxwell Davies es uno de los compositores más prestigiosos y prolíficos en Gran Bretaña. Nombrado Maestro de la Música de la Reina entre 2004 y 2014, Davies ha compuesto casi 300 obras en todos los géneros; muchas de ellas desafiando las barreras entre los lenguajes clásico-contemporáneo y vernácu