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- Peter Maxwell Davies
Sea Runes (1986)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the King's Singers with funds provided by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd
- A[S]ATBBB
- 3 min
- George Mackay Brown
- English
Programme Note
SEA RUNES is a haunting and evocative setting of a group of six poems by the Orkney poet, George Mackay Brown and was written as a companion piece to THE HOUSE OF WINTER. The contrasting poems are:
• Five Crags
• Elder
• Crofter/Fisherman
• Shopkeeper
• New Boat
• Fishmonger
The first performance was given on 16 November 1986 at the Alice Tully Hall, New York by the King’s Singers.
Peter Maxwell Davies
1977
• Five Crags
• Elder
• Crofter/Fisherman
• Shopkeeper
• New Boat
• Fishmonger
The first performance was given on 16 November 1986 at the Alice Tully Hall, New York by the King’s Singers.
Peter Maxwell Davies
1977
