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The Delius Society Journal Autumn 2017, Number 162 The Delius Society Journal Autumn 2017, Number 162 The Delius Society (Registered Charity No 298662) President Lionel Carley BA, PhD Vice Presidents Roger Buckley Sir Andrew Davis CBE Sir Mark Elder CBE Lionel Friend ARAM FBCM Bo Holten RaD Piers Lane AO, Hon DMus Martin Lee-Browne CBE David Lloyd-Jones BA, FGSM, Hon DMus Julian Lloyd Webber FRCM Anthony Payne Website: delius.org.uk ISSN-0306-0373 THE DELIUS SOCIETY Chairman Position vacant Treasurer Jim Beavis 70 Aylesford Avenue, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SD Email: [email protected] Membership Secretary Paul Chennell 19 Moriatry Close, London N7 0EF Email: [email protected] Journal Editor Katharine Richman 15 Oldcorne Hollow, Yateley GU46 6FL Tel: 01276 516945 or 07940 888508 Email: [email protected] Front and back covers: Front cover: View of Jotunheimen by Johannes Flintoe National Gallery, Oslo Back cover: Ian Beadle as The Dark Fiddler, New Sussex Opera’s production of A Village Romeo and Juliet, 2017 Photo: Robert Knights 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. Any breaches of copyright are unintentional and regretted. CONTENTS EDITORIAL ..........................................................................................................5 COMMITTEE NOTES..........................................................................................6 DELIUS AND STRAUSS – A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP? .....................8 DELIUS AND STRAUSS: THE INFLUENCE OF TILL EULENSPIEGEL ON DELIUS’S MUSIC......................................................... 16 ARNOLD BAX: ROMANTIC OVERTURE (1926) ....................................... 23 DELIUS AND THE TWO AGATE BROTHERS – JAMES AND EDWARD .................................................................................... 31 HACKED OFF! ................................................................................................... 43 100 YEARS AGO ................................................................................................ 47 CONCERT REVIEWS ........................................................................................ 49 A Village Romeo and Juliet ........................................................................... 49 Summer Night on the River .......................................................................... 57 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring....................................................... 59 CD REVIEWS ...................................................................................................... 61 Delius and Elgar String Quartets ................................................................. 61 Delius and Bax Choral Music ....................................................................... 63 Delius Orchestral & Choral Works Sir Thomas Beecham ........................ 66 BOOK REVIEWS ................................................................................................ 71 Delius and Norway ........................................................................................ 71 Beecham’s 1848-2000: From Pills To Pharmaceuticals ............................. 76 Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography ....................................................... 78 DELIUS SOCIETY MEETING REPORTS ........................................................ 81 Delius and Strauss – a Love-Hate Relationship? ....................................... 81 Delius Prize 2017 ............................................................................................ 81 Villiers Quartet CD Launch .......................................................................... 85 The Delius Society AGM ............................................................................... 89 MISCELLANY .................................................................................................... 91 Delius and Dandelions .................................................................................. 91 Sir Charles Groves .......................................................................................... 93 Early Delius, Mature Delius.......................................................................... 93 DSJ 162 3 Delius in Australia ......................................................................................... 94 Delius in Japan ............................................................................................... 94 Not Plagiarism but Recycling? .................................................................... 95 Delius in 1901 ................................................................................................. 96 Delius Arrived at Folkstone ......................................................................... 97 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ............................................................................. 98 FORTHCOMING EVENTS ............................................................................ 100 Delius Society ............................................................................................... 100 Other Events ................................................................................................. 102 4 DSJ 162 EDITORIAL Welcome to the autumn issue of the Journal. I am once again writing this in Malaysia, where I’ve spent an interesting but sadly Delius-free six weeks examining for ABRSM. It is heartening to have such a good number of reviews – of concerts, books and CDs – in this issue, demonstrating that there is still interest in, and demand for, new performances and writing about our composer. I’ve missed almost all the Proms – and can’t even listen to them from here, sadly – but I suppose that we should be thankful for the two small bits of Delius that have been heard this year – Summer Night on the River (three times) and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, the latter in a special Prom marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent. Both are reviewed starting on page 57. And Malcolm Sargent will be the subject of Stephen Lloyd’s talk at our next Delius Society event on Tuesday 24th October and I hope to see as many of you as possible there. I am very grateful, as always, to all who have contributed to this issue of the Journal. We have what I hope may be the first of several essays on works dedicated to Delius – Arnold Bax’s Romantic Overture sets the ball rolling – written by John France (page 23) and, for those of you who were unable to get to Tony Summers’ interesting talk on Delius and Richard Strauss, and equally for those of you who did attend but would like to refresh your memories, Tony has kindly provided two essays (pages 8 and 16), the second of which includes musical examples. Hugh Torrens has written a very interesting piece on Delius and the two Agate brothers, based on publications he stumbled across by accident – a fortuitous find! And of course we have all the regular features including a full list of all known performances around the world that include works by Delius. Can I please ask that, if you are planning to attend one of these and would be willing to write a review for the Journal, you get in touch beforehand and let me know – this spreads out the reviewing jobs amongst as wide a range of authors as possible, and saves me twisting someone’s arm at the last minute! The copy deadline for DSJ 163, to be published in April 2018, is 1st February 2018. Please do keep your articles coming! Katharine Richman [email protected] Tel 01276 516945 or 07940 888508 DSJ 162 5 COMMITTEE NOTES Much of the Committee’s time over the last six months has been taken up with financial matters, and you will have read in previous publications about some of our plans to ensure that the Society can continue on a sound footing for the years to come. Jim Beavis, Hon Treasurer, has spent many hours preparing the annual report and accounts for presentation to the membership at the AGM in September. A number of papers came out with your last Newsletter and these included the draft accounts; we felt that it was important to let members see these before the AGM so that any questions could be considered in advance. Jim and I have also spent time developing ideas for a number of new initiatives designed to increase our profile and reach, particularly amongst younger members. These include a new, more dynamic website, and the provision of free membership for young people; both depend on funding being available and we are awaiting the outcome of our application to the Delius Trust for these projects, as well as for the renewal of our annual grant. Roger Buckley has been fully occupied with arrangements for the September AGM and for the 2018 Delius Prize, which will take place on Friday 11th May at 6pm at the Royal Academy of Music. Make sure you put this date in your diaries now! Paul Chennell, Membership Secretary and Newsletter Editor, has been busy as always, collecting members’ subscriptions and also keeping members up to date with the latest news by email. If we don’t have your email address, you’re missing these bulletins! And please be sure to inform Paul ([email protected]) if you change your email address, or any other contact details. Recently we’ve had a few emails rejected as invalid, and where we’re sending out the Newsletter, this means additional costs if we have to resort
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