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Last Door of Light
for chamber orchestra
chamber orchestra
Edition: Performance material
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Last Door of Light
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Description
Peter Maxwell Davies was thinking of individual and communal vulnerability when composing this piece, especially in relation to the problem of climate change and his home in the Orkney Islands, which is under threat from rising sea levels. However, this theme is not a completely negative one: Davies claims we must all enter the last door of light but the journey is full of light and joy. The melody at the start of the work, which Davies composed in the ‘70’s and never used, could be an Island folk melody and is subject to constant transformation throughout the piece before reaching apotheosis at the end.
Orchestral Cast
1.2.0.2-2.2.0.0-timp-str(7.6.5.4.3)
More Information
Title:
Last Door of Light
for chamber orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2008
Opus:
op. 293
Duration:
20 ′
World Premiere:
July 23, 2008 · Ossiach (A)
Stiftskirche
Carinthischer Sommer 2008
Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies · Camerata Salzburg
Stiftskirche
Carinthischer Sommer 2008
Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies · Camerata Salzburg
Commissioned work :
Jointly commissioned by the Carinthian Summer Festival and The Gesellschaft der Freunde der Camerata Salzburg
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LSL 10148-01
Performances
Last Door of Light
Orchestra: Beethoven Orchester Bonn
February 16, 2020 |
Bonn (Germany) , Universität, Aula
11:00
Last Door of Light
Conductor: HK Gruber
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
October 15, 2014 |
Salford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , MediaCityUK
14:00
Last Door of Light
Conductor: Ben Gernon
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
September 14, 2014 |
Glasgow (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , City Halls
17:00
Last Door of Light
Conductor: Ben Gernon
Orchestra: Southbank Sinfonia
April 3, 2014 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St John’s Waterloo
18:00
Last Door of Light
Salzburger Festspiele 2013
Conductor: Ben Gernon
Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg
May 10, 2013 |
Salzburg (Austria) , Felsenreitschule
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