Maxwell Davies, Sir Peter - Dances

Dances - from "The Two Fiddlers"

The basis of this suite is a series of dances in my opera "The Two Fiddlers", performed by children. They are played on the fiddle, Orkney-Scottish style, by Storm Kolson, first at the Trolls dance, and later at an island get-together, to break a spell cast on the Orkeny islanders by the Trolls.
The original orchestration is for school orchestra. In addition to this version for violin and piano, I have arranged the dances for small instrumental ensemble.

Instrumentation: Violin And Piano
Binding: Saddle stitching
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Composition: 1978/88
Duration: 10
ISMN: M-060-08231-3
ISBN: 979-0-060-08231-3