Peter Maxwell Davies: The Jacobite Rising (Vocal Score)

Peter Maxwell Davies: The Jacobite Rising (Vocal Score) ** by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-). For SATB Choir, Piano Accompaniment. Music Sales America. Choral. 90 pages. Chester Music #CH61481. Published by Chester Music.

A work for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, using a variety of texts, selected by Alistair Grant, who commissioned the work to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Jacobite rising (1745-6). It was first performed in October 1997 in Glasgow by Lisa Tyrrell (soprano) * Margaret McDonald (mezzo soprano) * Neil Mackie (tenor) and David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) * the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus (chorus master Ben Parry) * and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Vocal score with piano reduction of the instrumental score. Duration c. 40mins.