Of the more than 300 works penned by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies before his death this week at the age of 81 of leukemia are his Naxos quartets that combine tradition with folk idioms and inspiration from the weather and seascape of his Orkney Islands. Hear the 1st by the Maggini Quartet in Wednesday's program coming up from 11-noon on KUAF and 6 p.m. on KUAF-2 and read the full tribute to Davies on NPR Classical's Deceptive Cadence blog.
Of Note for Wed., Mar. 16, 2016: Remembering Peter Maxwell Davies
