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Remembering Sir Peter Maxwell Davies / Dvorak's Symphony No. 8

Jamie MacDougall has a concert recording from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and we remember composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who passed away ten years ago this month.

Jamie MacDougall has a concert recording from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major. And we remember composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who passed away ten years ago this month, with music performed by Sean Shibe and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Plus music from a brand new recording from clarinetist Jean Johnson and pianist Steven Osborne, alongside a concert recording of Also Sprach Zarathustra by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

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Release date:

1 hour, 55 minutes

On radio

Sun 15 Mar 202619:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Mar 202619:00