The School of Music at Cardiff University is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the study day on the music and life of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, being held on Saturday 25 April 2020. The event will coincide with the publication of a major new book on Davies’s music, co-authored by Nicholas Jones and Richard McGregor: https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-music-of-peter-maxwell-davies-hb.html
The status of Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016) as one of the leading international composers of the post-war period is widely acknowledged and celebrated. This pre-eminent position is, for the most part, a direct result of six decades’ worth of high profile commissions, recordings and performances of his music; but it is also a reflection of Davies’s wider contributions to the world of music, culture and society through his work with music education and the teaching of composition, and his activities as conductor, as public commentator and speaker, and as Master of the Queen’s Music (a position to which he was appointed in 2004 for a ten-year period). This prolific, protean composer left behind a highly significant body of work that comprises almost 550 compositions in every major genre, including art song and ballet, sonata and string quartet, mass and oratorio, symphony and concerto, music-theatre and opera, as well as music for children and amateurs.
We invite proposals for papers exploring any aspect of the music, life and career of Peter Maxwell Davies. ‘Unmasking Max’ should be interpreted as inclusively as possible. Topics of interest could include, for instance, performing and interpreting Davies’s music; Davies and music education; Davies’s work for children and amateurs; Davies as teacher; Davies as public commentator; and Davies’s legacy.
Abstracts for 20-minute papers of no more than 300 words should be sent to Dr Nicholas Jones – [log in to unmask] – by 5pm Friday 29 November 2019. Applicants will be informed whether they have been successful by Friday 20 December.
The keynote paper, ‘Peter Maxwell Davies and The Twilight Zone’, will be delivered by Prof Christopher Austin (Royal Academy of Music). Taking as a starting point David Fanning’s review in the Daily Telegraph of Davies’s Symphony No. 5, Christopher Austin’s paper will address issues connected with musical intelligibility for performers and listeners (including critics) and the role of analysis as a vital means of guiding performers towards a greater understanding of Davies's music.
Dr Nicholas Jones
Senior Lecturer
School of Music
Cardiff University
31 Corbett Road
Cardiff, CF10 3EB
Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4171
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/487564-nick-jones
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