Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King

Published: March 18, 2012, 12:05 a.m.

Writer and critic Paul Driver explains why Maxwell Davies\u2019s 8 Songs For A Mad King is so uniquely important in the development of music theatre; and the Viennese composer and chansonnier HK Gruber describes the work from the inside, as a performer who has sung the taxing part of the King many times.