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Davies, Peter Maxwell

Davies, Peter Maxwell  
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English composer and conductor. His music combines medieval and serial techniques with a heightened expressionism as in his opera Taverner (1970), based on the life and works of the 16th-century composer John Taverner. Other works include the chamber opera The Lighthouse (1980), the music-theatre piece Miss Donnithorne's Maggot (1974), and the orchestral piece Mavis in Las Vegas (1997).

He is the associate conductor/composer of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic, and the composer laureate of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

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