| 作曲者 | Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)・ピーター・マックスウェル・デイヴィス |
| タイトル | The Seas of Kirk Swarf op. 281 |
| サブタイトル | for bass clarinet and strings |
| 出版社 | Schott（ショット） |
| シリーズ名 | Music Of Our Time |
| 楽器編成 | bass clarinet and string orchestra |
| 品番 | 9790220133138 |
| 形状 | 28 ページ・中綴じ |
| 演奏時間 | 15分 |
| 作曲年 | 2007年 |
| 出版年 | 2011年 |
| 出版番号 | ED 13470 |
| ISMN | 9790220133138 |
Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival and first performed there in 2007, The Seas of Kirk Swarf, like many of the composer’s works, draws inspiration from the Orkney Isles where Maxwell Davies lives. Kirk Swarf is a stretch of sea off the Holms of Ire, two small uninhabited islands off Sanday, Orkney and as the name suggests, on shore is a ruined chapel. The composer explains that two kinds of sea meet and interact here at this point - the wilder sea from Westray to the west, and a calmer sea, resulting in huge waves suddenly rearing up, even on calm days, with extraordinary dramatic effect.