Peter Maxwell Davies: Worldes Blis
"My most radical work, and the one that frightens me most as a conductor, still..." Hear the piece by Peter Maxwell Davies that caused a mass audience walk-out at its Proms Premiere in 1969.
This is one of 100 significant musical moments explored by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3’s Essential Classics as part of Our Classical Century, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ season celebrating a momentous 100 years in music from 1918 to 2018. Visit bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury to watch and listen to all programmes in the season.
This is an archive recording by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic conducted by the composer, Peter Maxwell Davies. It is preceded by a brief performance of the original 13th-Century monody that inspired the work.
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