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"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.

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This is an archive recording by the 麻豆官网首页入口 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.