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Maxwell Davies clavichord on sale to raise cash for a good cause
The late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was widely considered one of the greatest composers of the past 200 years
By Mike Merritt For more than a quarter of a century it went everywhere with him and was the instrument on which some of the greatest classical works of the age were composed. Now the clavichord owned by the former Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, is being offered for sale to raise funds for struggling young composers in the pandemic. Sir Peter was widely considered one of the greatest composers of the past 200 years.
HE was one of Scotland’s greatest 20th-century poets and authors who told wider truths from the micro world of his native Orkney. Now a writer is wanted to follow in the ink tips of George Mackay Brown in the centenary year of his birth. Applications opened this week for a residency to give an Orkney-based writer the opportunity to develop new work using Orcadian dialect. Hosted by the National Library of Scotland, the “Scots Scriever” post is for 12 months and will provide £15,000 to the successful applicant. “The role of the Scots Scriever – a joint initiative between Creative Scotland and the National Library of Scotland – aims to support the creation of original writing in Scots and the promotion of the language through creative forms,” says the advert.