'Ben Gernon conducts a performance that glistens with crystal clear textures and those mysterious Orkney soundscapes.'
The Scotsman
Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
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- Concert Overture. Ebb Of WinterComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Ben Gernon Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Concert Overture. Ebb Of Winter
17:41$5.75 - Hill Runes: I. Adagio - Allegro moderatoComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Hill Runes: I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
01:58$2.30 - Hill Runes: II. Allegro (with several changes of tempo)Composer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Hill Runes: II. Allegro (with several changes of tempo)
00:50$2.30 - Hill Runes: III. Vivace scherzandoComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Hill Runes: III. Vivace scherzando
00:48$2.30 - Hill Runes: IV. Adagio moltoComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Hill Runes: IV. Adagio molto
02:27$2.30 - Hill Runes: V. Allegro (dying away into ‘endless’ silence)Composer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Hill Runes: V. Allegro (dying away into ‘endless’ silence)
01:55$2.30 - Last Door Of LightComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Ben Gernon Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Last Door Of Light
16:38$5.75 - Farewell To StromnessComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Sean Shibe
Farewell To Stromness
04:26$2.30 - An Orkney Wedding, With SunriseComposer(s) Peter Maxwell DaviesArtist(s) Ben Gernon Scottish Chamber Orchestra
An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
12:34$4.60
Total running time: 59 minutes.
Album information
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra celebrates the life and works of its much-loved Composer Laureate Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Max, as he was affectionately known, was closely associated with the SCO since the 1980s, when he became its composer/conductor-in-residence; this is the last recording preceding his passing in March 2016.
Maxwell Davies was one of the UK's foremost composers; he made a significant contribution to music with his prolific and wide-ranging output, which was celebrated with a 2014 BBC Prom devoted entirely to his works, and conducted by Ben Gernon.
An Orkney Wedding brilliantly portrays the beauty of the rising sun after a boozy celebration, using bagpipes to close in a blaze of light.
Maxwell Davies composed the concert overture Ebb of Winter in 2014 to mark the SCO's 40th birthday. The hauntingly beautiful piece depicts a wintery landscape with the optimism of the coming spring.
The two pieces for solo guitar each demonstrate the emotional frankness of Maxwell Davies's music, from the menacing flashes of Hill Runes to the unaffected tenderness of Farewell to Stromness; young guitarist Sean Shibe is the soloist.
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Reviews
'...Maxwell Davies devices of whooping horn glissandos and hyperactive chattering trumpets, delivered with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's bombproof expertise; and Ben Gernon's conducting is forthright and immaculate.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Included is an ebullient performance of one of Maxwell Davies' most popular pieces of any period, An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise...[Hill Runes and Farewell to Stromness] are beautifully played by guitarist Sean Shibe.'
AllMusic
'The programme is well chosen, excellently played and beautifully recorded, making it about the most accessible introduction to Max's music that I can think of.'
MusicWeb International
'An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise is a "joyous and show-stopping" piece...This performance is both refined and deliciously decadent...As a final salute to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies it could hardly be bettered.'
MusicWeb International
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