The Seas of Kirk Swarf
composer: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
for bass clarinet and strings
Commissioned work: Commisioned by the St. Magnus Festival
Premiere: June 27, 2007 Kirkwall, St. Magnus Festival (UK) · Simon Butterworth, Bass-Klarinette · Conductor: Stefan Solyom · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 15' 0''
Year of composition: 2007
Edition: study score
Series: Music Of Our Time
28 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-2201-3313-8
Order number: ED 13470
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Description
Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival and first performed there in 2007, The Seas of Kirk Swarf, like many of the composer’s works, draws inspiration from the Orkney Isles where Maxwell Davies lives. Kirk Swarf is a stretch of sea off the Holms of Ire, two small uninhabited islands off Sanday, Orkney and as the name suggests, on shore is a ruined chapel. The composer explains that two kinds of sea meet and interact here at this point - the wilder sea from Westray to the west, and a calmer sea, resulting in huge waves suddenly rearing up, even on calm days, with extraordinary dramatic effect.
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