Cross Lane Fair
COMPOSER:
Peter Maxwell Davies
PUBLISHER:
Chester Music
PRODUCT TYPE:
Book [Softcover]
INSTRUMENT GROUP:
Orchestra
This work for Northumbrian pipes, bodhran and orchestra was inspired by the composer's visits to Cross Lane Fair with his parents when he was a young boy. The work was commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic and the St.MagnusFestival (at which it was first performed in 1994 by Mark Jordan, Rob Lea and
Specifications
Composer | Peter Maxwell Davies |
Publisher | Chester Music |
Instrumentation | Bodhran, Pipes, Orchestra |
Product Type | Book [Softcover] |
Instrument Group | Orchestra |
Style Period | Post 1901 |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Genre | Classical |
ISBN | 9780711960923 |
Style Period | Post 1901 |
No. Pages | 52 |
No. | MUSCH61046 |
Description
This work for Northumbrian pipes, bodhran and orchestra was inspired by the composer's visits to Cross Lane Fair with his parents when he was a young boy. The work was commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic and the St.MagnusFestival (at which it was first performed in 1994 by Mark Jordan, Rob Lea and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by the composer). Duration c. 14mins.