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Peter Maxwell Davies: “Making music is a social contract”

Alexandra Coghlan meets the Queen’s composer.

By Alexandra Coghlan

“I’ve often thought that democracy would be a good idea in the UK but one sees no evidence yet of it being implemented,” says Peter Maxwell Davies, smiling. “As a composer, what can you do about it? You have to bear witness.”

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