The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun

Irish flautist & Research Ensemble Player Aisling Agnew performing 'The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun' by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. This work for solo flute constitutes a further celebration of the Orcadian landscape which inspired the poem 'Peat Cutting by George Mackay Brown. It was written between movements of the large-scale Symphony no.1 whose material it shares.

The first performance was given by Judith Pearce, to whom it is dedicated, at a BBC Radio 3 Invitation Concert at the University of Surrey, Guildford in 1976.

The piece consists of 3 contrasting movements, each preceded by a 3-note Recitando.

This performance was part of the Concert & Lecture series 'Notes from Scotland: Celebrating Maxwell Davies and MacMillan' which took place in Edinburgh at Greyfriars Kirk & The National Museum of Scotland on the 6th December 2009.

'Notes from Scotland' was produced by Napier University in association with The Research Ensemble & Edinburgh Quartet.

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[Rocopoko]

So imaginative... great to hear and see!

[Angelicum7]

I have played this piece many times in private and only once (many years ago) in public. It is still a great piece of Max's. Wish I could play it quite this well. Fantastically played. Then I wouldn't mind about £9,000 to afford the beautiful Chris Abel flute it is being played on. Wonderful piece of manufacture.

[Fordyce8]

A piece full of emotion and controlled technique, wonderfully uplifting, beautifully performed.

Inspirational and exhilarating. Irene and Danny.