Posted on 03/14/2016 12:56:01 PM PDT by EveningStar
Celebrated British composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, a former Master of the Queen's Music, has died at the age of 81.
He was known for his modern and avant-garde works, but his most famous piece was a simple, haunting lament for solo piano - Farewell To Stromness.
"He was, right to the end, a pioneer," Stephen Lumsden, Managing Director of music agency Intermusica, said.
The Salford-born musician, who had leukaemia, died at home in Orkney.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
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My listening log shows I played ‘Dark Angels’ on February 17th.
It was only mildly interesting, like most music of this sort.
RIP.
Farewell To Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies performed by Ezra Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7gjBKao-I
“Farewell to Stromness,” Peter Maxwell Davies SD 480p ... Matthew McAllister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpJB-XXE9Xg
Isn’t this the guy from the Kinks?
I love that song Ape Man.
RIP.
Ray and David Davies in the Kinks.............
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