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BBC Proms: 2014 Season: Proms Saturday Matinees

BBC Proms: 2014: Proms Saturday Matinees: Part 3: PSM 03 - A Portrait of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

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Part 3 Part 3: PSM 03 - A Portrait of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

2014

PSM 03 - A Portrait of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

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The London Sinfonietta in a concert marking Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's birthday.

London Sinfonietta under Sian Edwards with Tim Gill (cello) and Rebecca Bottone (soprano). Peter Maxwell Davies: Linguae ignis; Revelation and Fall; A Mirror of Whitening Light.

Live from Cadogan Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

The London Sinfonietta with Tim Gill & Rebecca Bottone live at the BBC Proms, in celebration of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' 80th birthday

Peter Maxwell Davies: Linguae ignis
Peter Maxwell Davies: Revelation and Fall
Peter Maxwell Davies: A Mirror of Whitening Light

Cello: Tim Gill
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone

London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards (conductor)

Celebrating his 80th birthday this year and the subject of one of this season's Proms Plus Composer Portraits, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is one of the greats of contemporary British music.

This programme chosen by the composer himself explores his wide-ranging sound-worlds, from the sleek and glittering chamber textures of A Mirror of Whitening Light (completed in 1977, shortly after his move to Orkney) to the confrontational music drama of Revelation and Fall.

London Sinfonietta principal cellist Tim Gill is the soloist in the writhing plainchant melodies of Linguae ignis, and Sian Edwards returns to conduct, following her Proms Saturday Matinee appearance last year.

BBC Proms: 2014

BBC Proms: 2014: Proms Saturday Matinees

Proms Saturday Matinees

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 120th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of concerts broadcast from the Cadogan Hall, London

Series of concerts broadcast from the Cadogan Hall, London. The programmes focus on the baroque and on contemporary music, with new commissions and premieres

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