Description
The works on this recording embrace a varied miscellany of Peter Maxwell Daviesâ orchestraloutput from the early 1990s. The âchoreographic poemâ The Beltane Fire pits the sternness of theReformation clergy against the pagan traditions of the Orkney Islands. Concerned withenvironmental pollution, The Turn of the Tide ultimately reaches âa triumphant dance of allcreationâ, while the Threnody and Pavan are poignant memorial tributes for significant figuresin the composerâs life.