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Compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies

18 compositions

Composition M

Catalog

Comp'd

Duration

Publisher

Notes

Movement (1952)

WoO 29

1952

A

Chester

Quartet

Op. 14

1961

B

Schott

Dedicated to / written for:

Alexander Goehr

Little Quartet No. 1

Op. 77 No. 1

1982

A

Boosey & Hawkes

Dedicated to / written for: Oriel Glock (m.)

Little Quartet No. 2

Op. 77 No. 2

1987

A

Boosey & Hawkes

Original work from 1977 lost; reconstructed from sketches in 1987

Naxos Quartet No. 1

Op. 229

2002

C

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Judy Arnold

Naxos Quartet No. 2

Op. 234

2003

D

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Ian Kellam

Naxos Quartet No. 3

Op. 236

2003

D

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Eric Guest

A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes

Op. 244

2004

A

Test piece, International String Quartet Competition Premio Paolo Borciani, 2005

Naxos Quartet No. 4

Children’s Games

Op. 245

2004

C

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Giuseppe Rebecchini

Naxos Quartet No. 5

Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland

Op. 253

2004

C

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Thomas Daniel Schlee

Musikgeschichte in einem Satz, Kurz

Op. 255

2004

A

Chester

Commissioned by:

Strover family

Dedicated to / written for:

Rosalind Strover

Naxos Quartet No. 6

Op. 257

2005

D

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Alexander Goehr

Naxos Quartet No. 7

Metafore sui Borromini

Op. 265

2005

E

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Archie Bevan

Naxos Quartet No. 8

Op. 268

2005

B

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Elizabeth II

Naxos Quartet No. 9

Op. 275

2006

D

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Kathleen Ollerenshaw

Naxos Quartet No. 10

Op. 283

2007

C

Chester

Commissioned by:

Naxos

Dedicated to / written for:

Fausto Moroni (m.)

Blake Dreaming

Goodison Quartet No. 5

Op. 304

2010

A

Chester

Vocalise, and text by William Blake

Includes: Baritone
Commissioned by:

Nicholas and Judith Goodison

Movement (2016)

Op. 338

2016

A