An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

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An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise is a lively orchestral piece by Peter Maxwell Davies that vividly depicts a boisterous Scottish wedding on Orkney, famously featuring a bagpiper who enters the hall near the end.

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An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral composition ⓘ
associatedWith Orkney Islands ⓘ
Scottish culture ⓘ
characteristic lively ⓘ
programmatic ⓘ
composer Peter Maxwell Davies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts Scottish wedding celebration ⓘ
featuresInstrument bagpipes ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
hasEnding depiction of sunrise with bright orchestral textures ⓘ
hasProgram narrative of a wedding celebration leading to sunrise ⓘ
hasTitleElement Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Islands

Sunrise ⓘ
Wedding ⓘ
incorporates Scottish folk idioms ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mood boisterous ⓘ
festive ⓘ
movementCount 1 ⓘ
notableFeature bagpiper enters near the end of the piece ⓘ
depiction of sunrise in the closing section ⓘ
orchestrationFeature prominent use of brass and percussion ⓘ
solo bagpipes at the climax ⓘ
period late 20th century music ⓘ
premiereConductor Peter Maxwell Davies ⓘ
regionDepicted Scotland ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
setting Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Islands
style tonal with folk-influenced elements ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 12 minutes ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext orchestral pops concert ⓘ
symphonic concert ⓘ
uses bagpipe drone effects ⓘ

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Peter Maxwell Davies → notableWork → An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies