Simon Rattle on Peter Maxwell Davies: 'He was a hero to me'

The conductor pays tribute to the composer who died earlier this week, and reveals the surprising extent of his influence on the teenage SimonIt is clear to everyone that we have lost a wonderful composer and one of our most important artistic figures, a man who embodied music, and who wanted it to be part of everybody’s life, from the youngest to the oldest. He wrote for every possible type of ability, from some of the thorniest orchestral scores of their time to music for young people th