Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolPeter Maxwell Davies has been master of the Queen's music since 2004 and his Ninth Symphony, given its world premiere by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko, is dedicated to the Queen on the occasion of her diamond jubilee. If, however, you think this suggests something breezily celebratory, then you'd be wrong.Representing Maxwell Davies at his most engaged, it's an angry work that bears witness to "our disastrous interventions in Iraq and Afghanis...
Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolPeter Maxwell Davies has been master of the Queen's music since 2004 and his Ninth Symphony, given its world premiere by the Royal Liverpool P... more info