First transmitted in 2005, Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a special concert from the Barbican, as part of his 80th birthday celebrations. Show more
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Desert Island Discs
Peter Maxwell Davies
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Sue Lawley's castaway is composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Peter Maxwell Davies
55 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Peter Maxwell Davies. Show more
A work that captures the rugged, rough-hewn beauty of Davies’s Orkney home Show more
A piece for clarinet and orchestra that demands virtuosity from soloist and ensemble Show more
We see a different side of island life in the joyous ebullience of this much-loved piece Show more
A suite from the Maxwell Davies ballet 'Caroline Mathilde' Show more
45 minutes
To mark his 80th birthday, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies introduces performances of his chamber works, in conversation with Andrew McGregor.
An 80th birthday celebration of two of Britain's greatest living composers, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who changed the landscape of British music. Show more