
"The last great apostle in our time
of romance, emotion, and
beauty
in music."
- Sir Thomas Beecham
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Welcome to my Delius site!
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
composed
a
wealth
of
singularly
masterful
musical
works.
I
hope
you
enjoy
browsing
through
the
pages,
pictures,
sound
files
and
links
I
have
collected
here.
E-mail
me with
suggestions,
problems, or comments.
Special Thanks to:
Jeff Gower - Jeff Driggers - Graeme Fyfe -
Bill
Early - Bill Marsh - Frank Lieber - Harry Froehlich -
Harold Diamond - Derek Cox - George Little - Alan Becker - Peter
Starkey - Terry Sanderson
-- Bill Thompson
2012 IS THE DELIUS SESQUICENTENNIAL
YEAR!
Article by Lionel
Carley about planned 2012 events
Delius Society 2012 placard
Click here for more
information on DELIUS 2012
John
Bridcut's new BBC Television film about Delius:
"DELIUS: Composer, Lover, Enigma"
A NUMBER OF DELIUS WORKS WILL BE PERFORMED
DURING THE 2012 BBC PROMS CONCERTS!
Link
to
Proms
Delius
Page
LIST OF
UPCOMING DELIUS CONCERTS
Click here for information on past
Delius concerts
NEW DELIUS CD RELEASES
The Delius Society's
NEW RELEASES Page
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"THE
DELIUS
COLLECTION"
(originally on Unicorn-Kachana)
is being reissued on Heritage
Records as a Box Set in July 2012!
Box Cover
Information
Sheet
Click
here for complete track list and ordering information
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Delius
Two-Piano Arrangements - Volume 1 (SOMM 0112)
CD Cover
Simon Callaghan
& Hiro Takenouchi
Dance Rhapsody No. 1 (arr. Percy Grainger)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (arr. Rudolf Schmidt-Wunstorf)
Brigg Fair (arr. Philip Heseltine)
Poem of Life and Love (arr. Balfour Gardiner & Eric Fenby)
A Song of Summer (arr. Eric Fenby)
Koanga: La Calinda (arr. Joan Trimble)
Delius
Two-Piano Arrangements - Volume 2 (forthcoming)
Delius: Song of the
High Hills (arr. Percy Grainger)
Delius: Fantastic Dance (arr. Bartlett & Robinson)
Delius: Summer Night on the River (arr. Philip Heseltine)
Delius: Piano Concerto (arr.
Julius Buths)
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THE DELIUS SONG PROJECT
The Complete Songs of Delius, recorded by Mark Stone, baritone
Volumes 1 and 2 are available
now from
Stone Records
"To Daffodils"
video
Review
of
Volume
1
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Julian
Lloyd-Webber: Evening Songs
(Delius & Ireland songs arranged for cello)
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THE DELIUS 150th ANNIVERSARY EDITION BOX SET ON EMI
Presto
Classical page
Official Website of the
Delius 150th Anniversary Edition with many bonus features
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Visit Presto
Classical for information on these and other Delius CD
releases
NEW FILM
PROJECT: "FREDERICK DELIUS IN FLORIDA"
Click here for information on
this production!
VIDEOS
"Discovering
Delius"
(excellent documentary film)
An excerpt of Delius' "Sleigh
Ride"
(Winter
Night)
was
used
in
the 2010 TV commercial for the Glade Winter Collection.
Watch
the
video
DELIUS: "BRIGG
FAIR" - orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate on Italian TV:
Part 1
Part
2
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by Simon Rattle
performed "BRIGG FAIR" BY DELIUS
at the fabulous Waldbühne
Open
Air
Stage
(outside
Berlin)
A DVD of the entire concert is available from www.broinc.com
(Encore DVD 3248) (BRO code 138553)
CONROE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performed "SLEIGH RIDE" BY DELIUS
DECEMBER 7, 2007 AT THE ARK CHURCH - CONROE, TEXAS
Watch the YouTube Video Clip
DELIUS:
"BRIGG FAIR" - 4 hand piano arrangement (Duo-Art piano roll played by
Percy Grainger and Ralph Leopold)
Watch the YouTube
video clip
The Delius
Festivals in Jacksonville, Florida (1961 to 2004)
"What's
New"
A
Chronological Listing
of Additions to the Delius Site
News, Organizations and
Events
Delius Fan Survey
Reference Information
ETUDE MAGAZINE article: "DELIUS
IN AMERICA" (August 1950):
- Excerpts from Dr. Andrew Joseph Boyle's thesis "Frederick
Delius: A Quest for Innocence"
- (discusses several early Delius works including HIAWATHA and
RHAPSODIC VARIATIONS)
Sound Files
Picture Files
- Delius Postage Stamp - "British Composers" series:
- Delius Postage Stamp - "Britons
of Distinction" series (2012):
Recordings
- Folktrax
Records - Two releases include Percy Grainger's
1906
field
recordings, including BRIGG FAIR:
- #135:
"Unto
Brigg
Fair"
(includes
Joseph
Taylor's
original
recordings,
plus
commentary
by
his
family)
- #136:
"The
Seeds
of
Love"
(includes
comparative
versions
of
Brigg
Fair
and
other
songs)
(NOTE:
These recordings are not currently available)
Scores
Artists performing Delius
Links to Other Delius
Sites
Other Links of Interest
to
Delians
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