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Composer of the Week: Maxwell Davies

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Here on this Island
Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Donald Macleod about the way his music reflects his political concerns, social conscience and passion for Orkney.
Into the Labyrinth (excerpts) Neil Mackie (tenor) Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Symphony No 3
BBC Philharmonic, conducted by the Composer Strathclyde Concerto No 8
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Solstice of Light (excerpt) Neil Mackie (tenor)
Christopher Hughes (organ) Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conductor Stephen Cleobury
Farewell to Stromness the Composer (piano)

Contributors

Talks:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Neil MacKie
Tenor:
Neil MacKie
Tenor:
Christopher Hughes
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Source: Radio Times

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