Peter maxwell davies biography

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        1. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE was an English composer and conductor, who in was made Master of the Queen's Music.
        2. Peter maxwell davies compositions
        3. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer born 8 September in Salford; died 14 March in Sanday (Orkney Islands).
        4. Universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies made a significant contribution to musical history.

          5. Peter maxwell davies compositions...

          Kommilitonen!

          Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!, or Student Activists, literally Fellow Students!) is an opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

          The libretto is by David Pountney, who was also the director of the premiere performances in March 2011.

          Genesis

          According to Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, the principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, it was at a lunch to celebrate the appointment of Maxwell Davies to the Academy's staff that a suggestion was made that he might be interested in writing an opera for the students to perform.

          At first, the composer unequivocally declared that his days of composing opera or musical theatre were over, but he soon changed his mind, with the provisos that:

          • the opera must be about students,
          • David Pountney must be involved, and
          • the opera should be commissioned in collaboration with another college.[1]

          Pountney's agreeing to write the libretto and direct the opera, and the agreement of the Juilliard School's Pr