St Thomas Wake
St Thomas Wake. Foxtrot for orch by Maxwell Davies on a Pavan by John Bull. Scored for large orch., with many exotic instr., contrasting Bull's tune with 20th-cent. dance-band foxtrot, and inspired by composer's memories of air raid on Manchester 1940. Comp. 1969. F.p. Dortmund 1969, cond. composer.
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