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The Delius Society Journal Spring 2013, Number 153 The Delius Society Journal Spring 2013, Number 153 The Delius Society (Registered Charity No. 298662) President Lionel Carley BA PhD Vice Presidents Roger Buckley Sir Andrew Davis CBE Sir Mark Elder CBE Bo Holten RaD Lyndon Jenkins RaD Richard Kitching Piers Lane BMus Hon FRAM ARCM LMusA David Lloyd-Jones BA Hon DMus FGSM Julian Lloyd Webber FRCM John McCabe CBE, Hon DMus Anthony Payne Robert Threlfall Website: http://www.delius.org.uk ISSN-0306-0373 1 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 1 08/04/2013 09:45 Chairman Martin Lee-Browne CBE Chester House, Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AD Email: Chairman@The DeliusSociety.org.uk Treasurer and Membership Secretary Peter Watts c/o Bourner Bullock – Chartered Accountants Sovereign House 212-224 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2 8HQ Email: [email protected] Secretary Lesley Buckley c/o Crosland Communications Ltd The Railway Station Newmarket CB8 9WT Tel: 07941 188617 Email: [email protected] Journal Editor Paul Chennell 19 Moriatry Close Holloway, London N7 0EF Tel: 020 7700 0646 Email: [email protected] Front cover: Paul Guinery unravelling Delius’s harmony, at the British Library on 22nd September 2012 Photo: Roger Buckley Back cover: 23rd September 2012 Andrew J. Boyle at the summit of Liahovda, where Delius had his last glimpse of Norway’s mountain majesty Photo: Andrew Boyle The Editor has tried in good faith to contact the holders of the copyright in all material used in this Journal (other than holders of it for material which has been specifically provided by agreement with the Editor), and to obtain their permission to reproduce it. Sometimes, however, he has received no reply. Any breaches of copyright are unintentional and regretted. 2 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 2 08/04/2013 09:45 Raphael Wallfisch © Photo: Benjamin Ealovega 3 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 3 08/04/2013 09:45 CONTENTS CHAIRMAN’S NOTES................................................................................... 7 EDITORIAL...................................................................................................... 9 THE DELIUS SOCIETY 2012 CERTIFICATES............................................ 11 OBITUARY Colin Scott-Sutherland.................................................................................... 13 CHETHAM’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION by Chris Green, Michael Green and Martin Lee-Browne................................. 17 THE DELIUS PRIZE 2012 by Martin Lee-Browne....................................................................................... 23 ERIC FENBY IN PHILADELPHIA by Bill Marsh...................................................................................................... 25 DELIUS IN 2012: AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION An Introduction............................................................................................... 27 Delius Today: Publication, Performance, Recording and Research........ 29 Delius and France: A Contemporary French View.................................... 38 Delius and the Setting of Language........................................................... 43 Delius, Jebe and Jacobsen............................................................................... 50 The Delius manuscripts in the British Library............................................ 56 by Paul Chennell “I KNOW HOW THE OPENING OF SEA DRIFT SHOULD BE PERFORMED.” THE CASE FOR AN URTEXT EDITION OF THE MUSIC OF DELIUS by David Tall...................................................................................................... 63 DELIUS RETURNS TO LESJASKOG by Andrew Boyle................................................................................................ 73 100 YEARS AGO by Paul Chennell................................................................................................ 77 4 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 4 08/04/2013 09:45 LES CRIS DE PARIS by David Eccott.................................................................................................. 79 BRIGG FAIR – AN ENGLISH RHAPSODY? by John White..................................................................................................... 89 DELIUS THE YORKSHIREMAN by Jayne Strutt................................................................................................... 91 MEMBER SOCIETIES by Michael Green............................................................................................... 94 LETTERS Martin Lee-Browne......................................................................................... 98 Tony Noakes.................................................................................................... 98 BOOK REVIEWS Lennox Berkeley and Friends edited by Peter Dickinson.............................. 100 Lionel Tertis by John White............................................................................. 103 Modernism and the Cult of Mountains by Christopher Morris.................. 106 The British Piano Sonata 1870-1945 by Lisa Hardy...................................... 108 CD REVIEWS: Frederick Delius French Masterworks............................................................... 112 Brigg Fair, Piano Concerto, Idylle de Printemps, Paris................................... 115 O’Neill. String Quartet in C; Piano Trio in One Movement; Piano Quintet in E Minor; Theme and Variations for Piano Trio.................. 118 Part Songs by John Ireland and Frederick Delius............................................. 120 The Delius Collection......................................................................................... 122 To Frederick With Affection............................................................................... 125 CONCERT AND OPERA REVIEWS Hassan: Complete Incidental Music.................................................................. 127 Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Major, Op. Posth......................................... 129 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3.................................................................... 130 A Village Romeo and Juliet................................................................................ 133 Ealing Autumn Festival 2012 Delius and Dickens........................................... 135 Delius: Irmelin Prelude; Two Aquarelles; Paa Vidderne: Melodrama............... 138 Delius: Cello Concerto; Florida Suite................................................................ 139 5 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 5 08/04/2013 09:45 Cello Sonata; Romance; Caprice and Elegy....................................................... 141 A Village Romeo and Juliet................................................................................ 142 Cello Sonata....................................................................................................... 144 EXHIBITION REVIEW Edvard Munch................................................................................................... 146 DELIUS SOCIETY MEETINGS 14th November 2012....................................................................................... 149 Philadelphia Branch Report.......................................................................... 157 MISCELLANY................................................................................................. 162 EVENTS 2012-13.............................................................................................. 169 6 DSJ 153 Spring 2013.indd 6 08/04/2013 09:45 CHAIRMAN’S NOTES Last year was wonderfully successful, and I have to start by thanking all my colleagues on the 2012 Planning Committee (including our co-opted ’PR lady,’ Karen Fletcher) for their heart-warming commitment, their imagination, their energy − and a realistic understanding of the art of the possible in terms of ’how far the money will go’! When, over three years ago now, we first started discussing the Anniversary celebrations, and began planning our part in them, none of us had any idea at all that they would come to such a marvellously happy and satisfying conclusion. Whether or not through our efforts, and those of a number of other Members of the Society, the amount of Delius performed in the year exceeded all expectations – in the UK, Ireland and the USA, there were 233 concerts and recitals with a Delius work in the programme (the former given by over 100 different orchestras), and already this year there are another 50! The performers were from right across the spectrum: the country’s leading orchestras in London and the provinces, and many of the serious local pro-am ones, who often did relatively unfamiliar works with great enthusiasm; a few choirs, and well-known and not so well-known singers and instrumentalists – all playing in concert halls, large and small, across the country; in places as diverse as Huntingdon and Kilkenny; in churches and museums. There were, perhaps surprisingly, only 17 Walks, 16 Cuckoos, but Sea Drift was done seven times (mostly by Roderick Williams) and Paris five times; the four Concertos had 26 performances between them – and so it goes on. There was a stunning performance of A Mass of Life at the Edinburgh Festival under Sir Andrew Davis, A Village Romeo and Juliet had both concert and staged performances − and (surprise, surprise – with huge thanks to the Controller, Roger Wright’s recently disclosed love of Delius) at the Proms there were seven works, five of them probably unplayed in the past twenty or thirty years. Sadly, however, there were so many concerts and recitals that it has proved impossible to review
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