If George Mackay Brown is the "Bard of Orkney", Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is the "Musical Laureate" of Orkney. The two were close friends and many of Brown's poems were set to music by Davies. Here are two pieces that are very evocative of two places on the West Mainland (or, Hrossay, "The Isle of Horses")
On Piano…
The pianist is Phillip Sear, and he plays the more popular "Farewell to Stromness" and the lesser known "Yesnaby Ground"
On Guitar…
On Harp...
