The Beltane Fire / The Turn of the Tide / Sir Charles his Pavan

Tracklist

• 1
  The Beltane Fire: Scene 1: In the Barn of the Bu

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  6:39
• 2
  The Beltane Fire: Interlude I

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  2:09
• 3
  The Beltane Fire: Scene 2: A Field

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  9:12
• 4
  The Beltane Fire: Interlude II

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  2:11
• 5
  The Beltane Fire: Scene 3: The Kirk

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  4:10
• 6
  The Beltane Fire: Scene 4: The Field

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  4:36
• 7
  The Beltane Fire: Scene 5: The Beltane Fire

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  9:06
• 8
  The Turn of the Tide: Section I. First Life: I. The creation of underwater plants

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  2:25
• 9
  The Turn of the Tide: Section I. First Life: II. The creation of plants on land

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:54
• 10
  The Turn of the Tide: Section I. First Life: III. The creation of the first sea creatures

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  1:19
• 11
  The Turn of the Tide: Section I. First Life: IV. The creation of birds

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  1:07
• 12
  The Turn of the Tide: Section I. First Life: V. Mammals, and first people

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  2:50
• 13
  The Turn of the Tide: Section II. Creation Established, Life Flourishes: I. The underwater plants flourish

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:35
• 14
  The Turn of the Tide: Section II. Creation Established, Life Flourishes: II. The trees flourish

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:50
• 15
  The Turn of the Tide: Section II. Creation Established, Life Flourishes: III. The prosperity of fish

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  1:10
• 16
  The Turn of the Tide: Section II. Creation Established, Life Flourishes: IV. Bird migration

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:38
• 17
  The Turn of the Tide: Section II. Creation Established, Life Flourishes: V. Instinct and intellect in mammals and mankind

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:40
• 18
  The Turn of the Tide: Section V. The Worst that Could Happen…: I. The sea plants are poisoned

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:54
• 19
  The Turn of the Tide: Section V. The Worst that Could Happen…: II. The trees are suffocated

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:17
• 20
  The Turn of the Tide: Section V. The Worst that Could Happen…: III. The fish are deformed and cannot function

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:16
• 21
  The Turn of the Tide: Section V. The Worst that Could Happen…: IV. The birds fall from the sky

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:33
• 22
  The Turn of the Tide: Section V. The Worst that Could Happen…: V. Hubris triumphant

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  0:24
• 23
  The Turn of the Tide: Section VI: The Warning is Heeded - Nature Reborn - The Decline is Reversed

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  9:27
• 24
  Sunday Morning

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  2:05
• 25
  Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael VynerManchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  3:31
• 26
  Sir Charles his Pavan

  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  4:38

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Release credits

• BBC Philharmonic
  performing orchestra
• Boys of Manchester Grammar School
  choir vocals [23]
• Brian Pidgeon
  producer [24]
• Don Hartridge
  engineer [24]
• John Timperley
  engineer [1-23, 25-26]
• Manchester Cathedral Choir
  choir vocals [23], vocal [3, 19]
• Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
  choir vocals [23], vocal [3, 19]
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  conductor
• Veronica Slater
  producer [1-23, 25-26]

Issues

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  The Beltane Fire / The Turn of the Tide / Sir Charles his Pavan

  CD
  1 December 2014