at the 1978 St Magnus Festival, Orkney Islands MICHAEL RIPPON (baritone)
MARK FURNEAUX (juggler) FIRES OF LONDON, STROMNESS ACADEMY WIND ENSEMBLE director JEAN LEONARD conducted by THE COMPOSER Peter Maxwell Davies Le jongleur de Notre Dame
(first performance)
A juggler joins a monastery, but he is incompetent at any skill suited to the cloister.
Eight Songs for a Mad King