Peter Maxwell Davies
Threnody on A Plainsong for Michael Vyner
for Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies
Threnody on A Plainsong for Michael Vyner
for Orchestra
- Instrumentation Orchestra
- Composer Peter Maxwell Davies
- Edition Score
- Publisher Chester Music
- Order no. CH60356
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Description:
A short piece for small orchestra, written in 1989 when the composer heard of Michael Vyner's death. Premiered in October 1989 at Glyndebourne Sussex, by the London Sinfonietta and conducted by the composer just six days after Vyman's death. Approximately six minutes in duration, it is based on the plainsong 'Cor meum et caro mea exultaverunt in Deum vivum' and is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings.