Martyrdom Of Saint Magnus, The
Peter Maxwell Davies

Browse Works

All Sons Of Adam
Alma redemptoris Mater
Alma redemptoris Mater
Also hat Gott
Anakreontika
Antechrist
Apple Basket Apple Blossom
Ave Maria
Ave Maris Stella
Ave plena gracia
Bairns Of Brugh
Birthday Music For John
Black Pentecost
Blind Fiddler, The
Blind Man's Buff
Boyfriend, The
Brass Quintet
Carol On Saint Steven
Cinderella
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Dances from The Two Fiddlers
Dances from The Two Fiddlers
Dark Angels
Devil's Suite, The
Ecce manus tradentis
Eight Songs For A Mad King
Epitaph
Fantasia And Two Pavans
Fantasia on 'O Magnum Mysterium'
Fantasia Upon One Note
Farewell To Stromness
Farewell - A Fancye
Fiddlers At The Wedding
First Fantasia On An In Nomine Of John Taverner
First Ferry To Hoy
Five Carols
Five Klee Pictures
Five Motets
Five Pieces
Four Carols from O Magnum Mysterium
Four Instrumental Motets
From Stone To Thorn
Hicus quando bibit
Hill Runes
Homme arme, L'
House Of Winter
Hymn To St. Magnus
Hymnos
Image Reflection Shadow
Into The Labyrinth
Jesu autem hodie
Jimmack The Postie
Jongleur de Notre Dame, Le
Jupiter Landings
Kestrel Paced Round The Sun, The
Kinloche His Fantassie
Leopardi Fragments
Lighthouse, The
Little Quartet No. 1
Little Quartet No. 2
Lord's Prayer, The
Lullabye For Lucy
Martyrdom Of Saint Magnus, The
Medium, The
Mirror Of Whitening Light, A
Mishkenot
Miss Donithorne's Maggot
Missa super L'Homme Arme
My Lady Lothian's Lilt
Nocturne
Nowell
Number 11 Bus, The
O magnum mysterium
O Magnum Mysterium: Four Carols
O Magnum Mysterium: Instrumental Sonatas
One Star, at last
Orkney Wedding With Sunrise, An
Peat Cutters, The
Points And Dances From Taverner
Prolation
Quartet Movement
Rainbow, The
Renaissance Scottish Dances
Revelation And Fall
Ricercar And Doubles
Runes From A Holy Island
Saint Michael
Saint Thomas Wake
Salome
Second Fantasia
Seven Brightnesses, The
Seven Songs Home
Shakespeare Music
Shall I Die For Mannis Sake?
Shepherd's Calendar, The
Sinfonia
Sinfonia Concertante
Sinfonietta Accademica
Solita
Sonata for clarinet and piano
Sonata for guitar
Sonata for Organ
Sonata for piano
Sonata for trumpet and piano
Sonatina for trumpet
Stedman Doubles
Stevie's Ferry To Hoy
Stone Litany
Strathclyde Concerto no. 1
Strathclyde Concerto no. 2
Strathclyde Concerto no. 3
String Quartet
Sub tuam protectionem
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 4
Taverner
Tenebrae super Gesualdo
Threnody On A Plainsong For Michael Vyner
Turris campanarum sonantium
Two Fiddlers, The
Two Preludes And Fugues
Unbroken Circle
Ut Re Mi
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Veni Sancte Spiritus/Veni Creator Spiritus
Vesalii Icones
Westerlings
Winterfold
Worldes Bliss
Yellow Cake Revue, The
Yesnaby Ground
### talks to Anthony Burton about conducting
Ave rex angelorum
Sonatina for violin and cimbalom
Strathclyde Concerto no. 5
Strathclyde Concerto no. 6
Strathclyde Concerto no. 4
Turn Of The Tide, The
Ojai Festival Overture
Pole Star, The
Cross Lane Fair
### Maxwell Davies' Symphonic Journey
Caroline Mathilde
Corpus Christi, With Cat and Mouse
Strathclyde Concerto no.10
Birthday Greeting
Excuse Me
Chat Moss
Resurrection
Fiddlers At The Wedding
Lullaby For Ilian Rainbow
Seven In Nomine
Stedman Caters
Strathclyde Concerto No. 7
Time And The Raven
Carolisima
Sir Charles His Pavan
Beltane Fire, The
First Grace Of Light
Spell For Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances, A
Strathclyde Concerto no. 8
Strathclyde Concerto no. 9
Symphony no. 5
Welcome To Orkney, A
Doctor Of Myddfai, The
Symphony no. 6
Throstle's Nest Junction
Sea Runes
Hoy Calendar, A
Sails In St. Magnus I
Stevie's Ferry To Hoy
Five Little Pieces
Rozzo Martello, Il
Mavis in Las Vegas
Piano Concerto
Piccolo Concerto
Maxwell's Reel with Northern Lights
Swinton Jig
Reel of Seven Fishermen, A
Sails In St Magnus III
Quintet for Trumpet and Strings
Hymn to the Word of God
Hallelujah! The Lord God Almichtie
Spinning Jenny
Job
Symphony no. 7
Roma Amor
Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
### talks about Antarctic Symphony
Lux in Tenebris
Orkney Saga 1
Fanfare for Lowry
Crossing King's Reach
Symphony no. 8
Three Organ Voluntaries
Reliqui Domum Meum
Naxos Quartet No. 3
Step by Circle
Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky
Snow Cloud, over Lochan
Veni Creator Spiritus
Mass
Telos 135
Fanfare for Carinthia
Tecum Principum
Otter Island
Jubilate Deo
Hymn to Artemis Locheia
Angelus
Naxos Quatet No. 1
Naxos Quartet No. 2
Two Glasses of Wine
Calendar of Kings, A
Kestrel Road, The
Laudate Dominum
Judas Mercator
Beacons of Hope
Musikgeschichte In Einem Satz, Kurz
Una Balena Azzurra
Veni Creator Spiritus
Missa Parvula
Dream of Snow, A
Linguae Ignis
Dance on the Hill, A
Economies of Scale
Piano Trio
Two Latin Motets
Dove, Star-Folded
Sad Paven, A
Naxos Quartet No. 8
Naxos Quartet No. 6
Naxos Quartet No. 5
Naxos Quartet No. 7
Naxos Quartet No. 4
Six Sanday Tunes
O Verbum Patris
Michael Archangelus
De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis
Canticum Canticorum
Light of the Lord, The
Military March
Prayer of Thanksgiving in Times of Terror
Commemoration Sixty
Mrs. Johnson's Tunes
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Lullaby
Fall of the Leafe, The
Two Fiddlers, The
Kettletoft Inn
Dream of St. Ursula
Naxos Quartet no.9
Little Birthday Music, A
Psalm 124

Instrumentation

Baritone
2
Bass
1
Cello
1
Clarinet
1
Double bass
1
Flute
1
French Horn
1
Guitar
1
Mezzo soprano
1
Piano
1
Tenor
1
Trumpet
2
Viola
1

Additional Information

5 voices in 26 roles. text:composer, after G.M.Brown. fp:18.6.1977 Fires/composer, St MagnusFestival Orkney. fl/afl/pic, cl/bcl, harpsichord/cel/autoharp/pf.

Details

Chamber opera in one act with 9 scenes
Year
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Minutes
80

Recordings

Recording format id
1
Venue
Florence
Date recorded
07.03.1989
Performers
Fires of London/Gunther Bauer-Schenk
Recording format id
9
Venue
St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney
Performers
Music Theatre Wales,Scottish Chamber Orch
Recording format id
2