Maxwell Davies' Outputs (12)

Moving Hues (Revised Version) (2021)
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Moving Hues was written in 2011 as a farewell gift for conductor Huw Gareth Williams, and the original orchestration was that of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony. All the material contained within the piece is, in some way, derived from the letters of Huw’s... Read More about Moving Hues (Revised Version).

Piano Concerto: Cofio / Remembering (2019)
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I had the honour of being selected for the 2017-2018 Adopt A Composer scheme, run by Making Music in association with Sound and Music, the PRS Foundation and BBC Radio 3. I was paired with Cor Crymych a’r Cylch from Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the coll... Read More about Piano Concerto: Cofio / Remembering.

Y Gors Fawr (2018)
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Y Gors Fawr

Myfyrdod yw'r cywydd 'Y Gors Fawr' lle mae'r awdur yn ymweld â'r cylch cerrig hwn ym Mynachlog-ddu. Mae'n teimlo ias wrth gerdded i mewn i'r cylch ac yn dychmygu ei fod nôl yn yr oes neolithig ac yn 'gweld' sut roedd y llwyth yn byw dr... Read More about Y Gors Fawr.

Manhattan Circus (2017)
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Collaboration is an interesting endeavour! Particularly when it involves examining and subsequently articulating aspects of one’s compositional process that can then be expressed as computer code and then realised by software through collaboration.... Read More about Manhattan Circus.

Tiny Sonata (2017)
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This work is part of my Tiny series: little musical portraits of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. All the works in the growing series use the same material, but it is reworked in an idiomatic way for different combinations of instruments.

The titl... Read More about Tiny Sonata.

Tiny Octet (2017)
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This work is part of my Tiny series: little musical portraits of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. All the works in the growing series use the same material, but it is reworked in an idiomatic way for different combinations of instruments.

The titl... Read More about Tiny Octet.

The Way of Things (2017)
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This work turned into a commentary on human nature. Part of the brief was to write a piece of music somehow linked to Reading, Berkshire, and I quickly researched the history of the town. Being a lover of the narrative form, I cherry-picked episodes... Read More about The Way of Things.

Tiny Symphony (2016)
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First and foremost, this is a little musical portrait of my two-year-old son, Sebastian. But, it does also contain all the elements of a late-classical-period symphony in miniature: a sonata form first movement, a scherzo and trio, a slow movement, a... Read More about Tiny Symphony.

Tenebrae (2016)
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A piece for trumpet in Bb and tape that explores synergies and influential interplay between a solo acoustic performance and an electronic background. Each causes the other to change. The piece follows this narrative:

An announcement of a momentou... Read More about Tenebrae.

Laudato Si' (2015)
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The need for being mindful of the implications of our actions on our home is something that is being urged with sincerity and care from many corners. The title of my piece is taken from Pope Francis’ recent Encyclical on the matter; it is a title and... Read More about Laudato Si'.

Workplace Diary (2011)
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Workplace Diary translates actions of people and indigenous sounds of an office-like place of work into music. It is autobiographical, and seeks to make something of the 'ordinary' that we always take for granted.

Physical actions represented are... Read More about Workplace Diary.

Cells and Sanctuaries (2007)
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My starting point for Cells and Sanctuaries was that very common of things that we all experience – trying to remember a song, or just a melody, usually associated with a significant memory, and, all too frustratingly, not being able to get it quite... Read More about Cells and Sanctuaries.