St Michael
General Info
Year: 1957
Duration: c. 17:00
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $20.95
Movements
1. Moderato
2. Allegro
3. Lento
4. Allegro
5. Adagio
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bassoon I-II (II doubling Contrabassoon)
Horn in F I-II-III
D Trumpet
B-flat Trumpet
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
St. Michael was composed while the composer was in Rome. The work consists musical material derived from chants used in the Requiem Mass and uses similar antiphonal effects to Gabrieli. It was premiered on 17 July 1959 at the Cheltenham Festival by members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies conducting.
Commercial Discography
- Audio LP: Louisville Orchestra (Jorge Mester conductor) - First Edition Records LS-756
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Joven Orquesta Nacional de España – 7 January 2008
- Kristiansand Symfoniorkester (Ingar Bergby, conductor) – 26 April 2007
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Almas Redemptoris Maler
- Beacons of Hope (2005)
- Crossing Kings Peach
- De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis
- Ecce Manus Tradentis
- Fanfare : Musis Aurora Benigna
- Leopardi Fragments
- Linguae Ignis (Tongues of Fire)
- Mishkenot
- Ricercar and Doubles
- Shakespeare Music
- St Michael (1957)
- Suite from The Boy Friend
- Suite from The Devils
- Thaw
Resources
- Henderson, R. (1961). Peter Maxwell Davies. The Musical Times Vol. 102 (1424), p. 624-626.
- Smith, C. J. (1995). Peter Maxwell Davies: A bio-bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.