Peter Maxwell Davies
| Peter Maxwell Davies | |
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| Ganwyd | Peter Maxwell Davies  8 Medi 1934 Salford, Manceinion |
| Bu farw | 14 Mawrth 2016 Sanday |
| Label recordio | EMI Classics |
| Dinasyddiaeth |  Lloegr |
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| Galwedigaeth | cyfansoddwr clasurol, arweinydd, athro cerdd, cyfansoddwr cerddoriaeth ffilm, pianydd, cyfansoddwr, addysgwr, cyfansoddwr opera, libretydd |
| Swydd | Meistr Cerddoriaeth y Brenin |
| Cyflogwr | |
| Adnabyddus am | Symphony No. 4 |
| Arddull | opera, symffoni |
| Gwobr/au | CBE, Medal Aur Cymdeithas y Royal Philharmonic, Walter Willson Cobbett Medal |
Cyfansoddwr o Loegr a "Meistr Cerddoriaeth y Frenhines" oedd Syr Peter Maxwell Davies (8 Medi 1934 – 14 Mawrth 2016) a adnabyddwyd yn aml fel "Max", ac a drigai ar ynysoedd Hoy, Sanday (Ynysoedd Erch) rhwng 1971 a'i farwolaeth.
Bu'n fyfyriwr ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion ac yna yng Ngholeg Cerdd Brenhinol Manceinion, ble ffurfiodd grŵp a ymddiddorai mewn cerddoriaeth gyfoes gyda Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth a John Ogdon.
Torrodd dir newydd gyda 7 cyfansoddiad a sgwennodd rhwng 1969 i 2011, o: Eight Songs for a Mad King i Kommilitonen! a sgwennodd yn 2011. Sgwennodd hefyd ddeg symffoni, yr olaf Alla ricerca di Borromini yn 2013.
Bu farw o liwcemia.
Gweithiau cerddorol
[golygu | golygu cod]Opera
[golygu | golygu cod]- Taverner (1972)
- The Martyrdom of St Magnus (1977)
- The Two Fiddlers (1978)
- The Lighthouse (1979)
- Cinderella (1980)
- Resurrection (1987)
- The Doctor of Myddfai (1996)
- Mr Emmet Takes a Walk (2000)
- Kommilitonen! (2011)
Cerddoriaeth ddramatig arall
[golygu | golygu cod]- Revelation and Fall (1966)
- Notre Dame des Fleurs (1966)
- Eight Songs for a Mad King (1968)
- Missa super l'Homme armé (1968)
- Blind Man's Buff (1972)
- Miss Donnithorne's Maggot (1974)
- Le Jongleur de Notre Dame (1978)
- The No. 11 Bus (1984)
Bale
[golygu | golygu cod]- Salome (1978)
- Caroline Mathilde (1991)
Cerddoriaeth ddawns arall
[golygu | golygu cod]- Vesalii icones (1979)
Cerddorfaol
[golygu | golygu cod]- St Michael Sonata (1957)
- Prolation (1958)
- Sinfonia (1962)
- First Fantasia on an In nomine of John Taverner (1962)
- Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine (1964)
- Worldes Blis (1969)
- St Thomas Wake (1969)
- A Mirror of Whitening Light (1977)
- Symffoni rhif 1 (1977)
- Symffoni rhif 2 (1980)
- Symffoni rhif 3 (1984)
- Concerto rhif 1 i Feiolin a Cherddorfa (1985)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 1, obo a cherddorfa (1987)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 2, sielo a cherddorfa (1987)
- Concerto i Drumped a Cherddorfa (1988)
- Symffoni rhif 4 (1989)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 3, corn, trwmped a cherddorfa (1989)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 4, clarinét a cherddorfa (1990)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 5, feiolin, fiola a cherddorfa (1990)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 6, ffliwt a cherddorfa (1991)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 7, bas dwbl a cherddorfa (1992)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 8, basŵn a cherddorfa (1993)
- A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances (1993)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 9, picolo, ffliwt alto, cor anglais, clarinét yn E♭, clarinét bas, basŵn dwbl a llinynnau (1993)
- "Strathclyde" Concerto rhif 10, cerddorfa (1993)
- Symffoni rhif 5 (1994)
- Throstle's Nest Junction (1996)
- Symffoni rhif 6 (1996)
- Concerto i Bicolo a Cherddorfa (1996)
- Mavis in Las Vegas (1997)
- Concerto i Biano a Cherddorfa (1997)
- Temenos, with Mermaids and Angels, ffliwt a cherddorfa (1998)
- Swinton Jig (1998)
- Roma Amor (1998)
- A Reel of Seven Fishermen (1998)
- Agorawd, Spinning Jenny (1999)
- Concerto i Gorn a Cherddorfa (1999)
- High on the Slopes of Terror (1999)
- Symffoni rhif 7 (2000)
- Symffoni rhif 8, "Antarctic" (2000)
- Crossing Kings Reach (2001)
- De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis (2001)
- Linguae Ignis, sielo a cherddorfa siambr (2002)
- Das Rauschende der Farbe (2006)
- The Seas of Kirk Swarf, clarinét bas a cherddorfa (2007)
- Port Lockroy, Antarctica (2007)
- Agorawd, St Francis of Assissi (2009)
- Concerto rhif 2 i Feiolin a Cherddorfa, "Fiddler on the Shore" (2009)
- Musica benevolens (2011)
- Symffoni rhif 9 (2012)
- Symffoni rhif 10, "Alla ricerca di Borromini" (2013)
Corawl
[golygu | golygu cod]- Five Motets (1959)
- O magnum mysterium (1960)
- Te lucis ante terminum (1961)
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (1963)
- Westerlings (1977)
- Solstice of Light (1979)
- The Three Kings (1995)
- Job (1997)
- A Hymn to the Spirit of Fire (2008)
- The Hogboon (2015)
Cerddoriaeth leisiol arall
[golygu | golygu cod]- Leopardi Fragments (1961)
- The Shepherd's Calendar (1965)
- Ecce manus tradentis (1965)
- From Stone to Thorn (1971)
- Stone Litany (1973)
- Dark Angels (1974)
- The Blind Fiddler (1976)
- Anakreontika (1976)
- Black Pentecost (1979)
- The Yellow Cake Revue (1980)
Cerddoriaeth siambr
[golygu | golygu cod]- Alma Redemptoris mater (1957)
- Ricercar and Doubles on 'To Many a Well' (1959)
- String Quartet (1961)
- Seven In Nomine (1963–5)
- Antechrist (1967)
- Eram quasi agnus (1969)
- Hymn to St Magnus (1972)
- Ave Maris Stella (1975)
- Runes from a Holy Island (1977)
- Brass Quintet (1981)
- Image, Reflection, Shadow (1982)
- Piano Trio: A Voyage to Fair Isle (2002)
- Naxos Quartet rhif 1 – rhif 10 (2002–7)
- Seven Skies of Winter (2003)
- Piano Quartet (2007)
Cerddoriaeth offerynnol
[golygu | golygu cod]- Trumpet Sonata (1955)
- Five Pieces, piano (1956)
- Hymnos, clarinét a phiano (1967)
- The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun, ffliwt (1975)
- The Seven Brightnesses, clarinét (1975)
- The Door of the Sun, fiola (1975)
- Piano Sonata (1981)
- Organ Sonata (1982)
- Sea Eagle, corn (1982)
- Litany - for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore, trwmped (1999)
- Veni Creator Spiritus, ffliwt, clarinét bas (2002)
| Rhagflaenydd Malcolm Williamson |
Meistr Cerddoriaeth y Frenhines 2004–2014 |
Olynydd Judith Weir |