An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

Album by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies & Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Ben Gernon & Sean Shibe

An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise is an orchestral composition by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composed in 1980. The work blends folk-inspired melodies and rhythmic humour with vivid orchestral colour, culminating in a ceremonial sunrise featuring bagpipes, and exemplifies Maxwell Davies's use of folkloric material within his orchestral output.
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  1. 1.
    Concert Overture. Ebb of Winter
    17:49
  2. 2.
    Hill Runes: I. Adagio (Allegro moderato)
    1:57
  3. 3.
    Hill Runes: II. Allegro (With Several Changes of Tempo)
    0:49
  4. 4.
    Hill Runes: III. Vivace scherzando
    0:48
  5. 5.
    Hill Runes: IV. Adagio molto
    2:26
  6. 6.
    Hill Runes: V. Allegro (Dying Away into "Endless" Silence)
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Last Door of Light
    16:46
  8. 8.
    Farewell to Stromness (Arranged for Solo Guitar)
    4:31
  9. 9.
    An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
    12:34

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