page_title: Symphony No. 2 (Davies)
hierarchical_section_title: Symphony No. 2 (Davies)
caption_attribution_description: (Image shows Sir Peter Maxwell Davies) The UK’s highest-ranking composer has joined one of the country’s leading new music ensembles and students at the University of Salford to create a unique interactive online project. Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, oversaw the recording of his piece Eight Songs for a Mad King by the University’s official MediaCityUK Ensemble – Manchester-based contemporary music group Psappha – in the Digital Performance Lab at the University’s MediaCityUK building. This definitive recording has now been combined with gaming technology to produce a web-based virtual environment which forms part of The Space, an experimental digital arts media service supported by the BBC and funded by Arts Council England.
context_page_description: The Symphony No. 2 by Peter Maxwell Davies was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in celebration of its centenary, and was composed in 1980. Seiji Ozawa conducted the world premiere with the BSO on 26 February 1981 at Symphony Hall, Boston.
context_section_description: The Symphony No. 2 by Peter Maxwell Davies was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in celebration of its centenary, and was composed in 1980. Seiji Ozawa conducted the world premiere with the BSO on 26 February 1981 at Symphony Hall, Boston.
caption: The composer in 2012
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