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Peter Maxwell Davies: Worldes Blis

"My most radical work, and the one that frightens me most as a conductor, still..." Hear the piece by Peter Maxwell Davies that caused a mass audience walk-out at its Proms Premiere in 1969.

This is one of 100 significant musical moments explored by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s Essential Classics as part of Our Classical Century, a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ season celebrating a momentous 100 years in music from 1918 to 2018. Visit bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury to watch and listen to all programmes in the season.

This is an archive recording by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic conducted by the composer, Peter Maxwell Davies. It is preceded by a brief performance of the original 13th-Century monody that inspired the work.

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