Peter Maxwell Davies

About the artist

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (born 8 September 1934; died 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music. His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name. To his friends, Davies is known as "Max". Davies was born in Salford, England. He took piano lessons and composed from an early age. After education at Leigh Grammar School, he studied at the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music (amalgamated into the Royal Northern College of Music in 1973)

Top songs

1. The Yellow Cake Review, Farewell to Stromness (excerpt)
2. Farewell to Stromness
3. The Yellow Cake Revue: Farewell to Stromness
4. Farewell to Stromness (Arr. for Orchestra)
5. The Yellow Cake Revue: Piano Interludes: Farewell to Stromness
6. Resurrection, Act: Act: Hymn of Satisfaction (Quartet, 4 Surgeons)
7. II. Allegro moderato: Dominica Tertia Adventus, Antiphona
8. O magnum mysterium: I. O magnum mysterium
9. Farewell to Stromness (arr. T. Walker)
10. Symphony No. 1: I. Presto

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