The Music of Frederick Delius - 1885-1900
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Delius Sea Drift • Songs of Farewell • Songs of Sunset
DELIUS SEA DRIFT • SONGS OF FAREWELL • SONGS OF SUNSET Bournemouth Symphony Bryn Terfel baritone Orchestra with Choirs Sally Burgess mezzo-soprano Richard Hickox Greg Barrett Richard Hickox (1948 – 2008) Frederick Delius (1862 – 1934) 1 Sea Drift* 26:00 for baritone, chorus, and orchestra Songs of Farewell 18:04 for double chorus and orchestra 2 I Double Chorus: ‘How sweet the silent backward tracings!’ 4:28 3 II Chorus: ‘I stand as on some mighty eagle’s beak’ 4:39 4 III Chorus: ‘Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky!’ 3:33 5 IV Double Chorus: ‘Joy, shipmate, joy!’ 1:31 6 V Chorus: ‘Now finalè to the shore’ 3:50 3 Songs of Sunset*† 32:59 for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra 7 Chorus: ‘A song of the setting sun!’ – 3:24 8 Soli: ‘Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad’ – 4:46 9 Chorus: ‘Pale amber sunlight falls…’ – 4:26 10 Mezzo-soprano: ‘Exceeding sorrow Consumeth my sad heart!’ – 3:43 11 Baritone: ‘By the sad waters of separation’ – 4:49 12 Chorus: ‘See how the trees and the osiers lithe’ – 3:35 13 Baritone: ‘I was not sorrowful, I could not weep’ – 4:46 14 Soli, Chorus: ‘They are not long, the weeping and the laughter’ 3:34 TT 77:20 Sally Burgess mezzo-soprano† Bryn Terfel baritone* Waynflete Singers David Hill director Southern Voices Graham Caldbeck chorus master Members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Neville Creed chorus master Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Brendan O’Brien leader Richard Hickox 4 Delius: Sea Drift / Songs of Sunset / Songs of Farewell Sea Drift into which the chorus’s commentaries are Both Sea Drift (1903 – 04) and Songs of Sunset effortlessly intermingled. -
DELIUS BOOKLET:Bob.Qxd 14/4/08 16:09 Page 1
DELIUS BOOKLET:bob.qxd 14/4/08 16:09 Page 1 second piece, Summer Night on the River, is equally evocative, this time suggested by the river Loing that lay at the the story of a voodoo prince sold into slavery, based on an episode in the novel The Grandissimes by the American bottom of Delius’s garden near Fontainebleau, the kind of scene that might have been painted by some of the French writer George Washington Cable. The wedding dance La Calinda was originally a dance of some violence, leading to painters that were his contemporaries. hysteria and therefore banned. In the Florida Suite and again in Koanga it lacks anything of its original character. The opera Irmelin, written between 1890 and 1892, and the first attempt by Delius at the form, had no staged Koanga, a lyric drama in a prologue and three acts, was first heard in an incomplete concert performance at St performance until 1953, when Beecham arranged its production in Oxford. The libretto, by Delius himself, deals with James’s Hall in 1899. It was first staged at Elberfeld in 1904. With a libretto by Delius and Charles F. Keary, the plot The Best of two elements, Princess Irmelin and her suitors, none of whom please her, and the swine-herd who eventually wins is set on an eighteenth century Louisiana plantation, where the slave-girl Palmyra is the object of the attentions of her heart. The Prelude, designed as an entr’acte for the later opera Koanga, makes use of four themes from Irmelin. -
The Choral Cycle
THE CHORAL CYCLE: A CONDUCTOR‟S GUIDE TO FOUR REPRESENTATIVE WORKS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF ARTS BY RUSSELL THORNGATE DISSERTATION ADVISORS: DR. LINDA POHLY AND DR. ANDREW CROW BALL STATE UNIVERSITY MUNCIE, INDIANA MAY 2011 Contents Permissions ……………………………………………………………………… v Introduction What Is a Choral Cycle? .............................................................................1 Statement of Purpose and Need for the Study ............................................4 Definition of Terms and Methodology .......................................................6 Chapter 1: Choral Cycles in Historical Context The Emergence of the Choral Cycle .......................................................... 8 Early Predecessors of the Choral Cycle ....................................................11 Romantic-Era Song Cycles ..................................................................... 15 Choral-like Genres: Vocal Chamber Music ..............................................17 Sacred Cyclical Choral Works of the Romantic Era ................................20 Secular Cyclical Choral Works of the Romantic Era .............................. 22 The Choral Cycle in the Twentieth Century ............................................ 25 Early Twentieth-Century American Cycles ............................................. 25 Twentieth-Century European Cycles ....................................................... 27 Later Twentieth-Century American -
A Village Romeo and Juliet the Song of the High Hills Irmelin Prelude
110982-83bk Delius 14/6/04 11:00 am Page 8 Also available on Naxos Great Conductors • Beecham ADD 8.110982-83 DELIUS A Village Romeo and Juliet The Song of the High Hills Irmelin Prelude Dowling • Sharp • Ritchie Soames • Bond • Dyer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham Naxos Radio (Recorded 1946–1952) Over 50 Channels of Classical Music • Jazz, Folk/World, Nostalgia Accessible Anywhere, Anytime • Near-CD Quality www.naxosradio.com 2 CDs 8.110982-83 8 110982-83bk Delius 14/6/04 11:00 am Page 2 Frederick Delius (1862-1934) 5 Koanga: Final Scene 9:07 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus) Recorded on 26th January, 1951 Delians and Beecham enthusiasts will probably annotation, frequently content with just the notes. A Matrix Nos. CAX 11022-3, 11023-2B continue for ever to debate the relative merits of the score of a work by Delius marked by Beecham, First issued on Columbia LX 1502 earlier recordings made by the conductor in the 1930s, however, tells a different story, instantly revealing a mostly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, in most sympathetically engaged music editor at work. comparison with those of the 1940s and 1950s Pulse, dynamics, phrasing, expressive nuance and All recordings made in Studio 1, Abbey Road, London recorded with handpicked players of the Royal articulation, together with an acute sensitivity to Transfers & Production: David Lennick Philharmonic Orchestra. Following these two major constantly changing orchestral balance, are annotated Digital Noise Reduction: K&A Productions Ltd. periods of activity, the famous EMI stereo remakes with painstaking practical detail to compliment what Original recordings from the collections of David Lennick, Douglas Lloyd and Claude G. -
Delius-Liner-Notes-Koanga.Pdf
SBLX-3808 14 1-.Angel Koanga in America response: Keary's libretto was denigrated through an optical machine, in order to phere. Only the principals and a few first recording by Frank Corsaro and Delius' music highly praised. Yet get opaque darknesses and multiple color supernumeraries, representing the priest of the composer's "American" opera alack, alas, and sad to say, Miss Kemble's schemes. This process enabled us to create and his retinue, were visible during the On March 2, 1884, the ocean liner "fortune of an opera" was not to be, In the surreal, even occultish landscape sur wedding ceremony. Koanga and Palmyra "Gallia" departed Liverpool bound for fact, "Koanga" was not co be again until rounding Koanga's flight from his white scrolled hand in hand between the three America. Two weeks and a stormy crossing its American premiere in 1970, where masters, and the ensuing Voodoo rites. scrimmed areas on stage, their wander DELIUS later, she docked in New York harbor. Keary's gaucheries (revised from a revi As in the later "Village Romeo;· three ings sharply outlined by the imaginative With not a single celebrity aboard, the sion) still proliferated, while Delius, scrims served as projection surfaces - a Miss Porcher's use of side lighting. A few arrival passed unnoticed by the press but Wagner cum spiritual, utterly captivated. front, rear, and middle distance scrim - steps taken by the lovers, and the skies, for a brief item concerning George Payn More than a decade after "Koanga's" ini which could be flown in and out as the waters, the land itself c'.1anged magi KOANGA ter, the "Gallia's" bar-keep. -
Newsletter31-Summer1971-1.Pdf
NEWSLETTER of the DELl US SOCIETY President: Eric Fenby, O.B.E. Hon. Secretary: Miss Estelle Palmley Hon. Treasurer: G. H. Parfitt Editor: John White - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - -- - - ~ - - - - - --- - - - -- ---- - --- No. 31. Summer, 1971. - - - -- - - - - - - ------- - - - - -- - - --- - --- - - - ----- Contents Editorial Forthcoming Events Midlands' Branch Report The American Premiere of 'Koanga' (contd.) " EDITORTAL As soire of us are aware, orr Presid.ent has been engaged. recently in the preparation of a new biographical study of Delius and this is now published in I The Great Conposers I series by Faber and- Faber. I tfdnlc it hardly need.s saying that past biograpiries of Delius leave rruch to be desired, notwithstanding the lr-istorical significance of some of them. Mr. Fenbyrs previous book rDeJius es I I{new Hint, deals only with the last Jrears of the composerrs life, but those already fanriliar with it, krtow that he has a unique affinity with his subject, constantly illi:minatecl by tr-is extremely wid.e-ranging knowledge of music and. musicians and all expressed. with uninnj-table charm and hurnor-rr. The book has Ip music exarnples and 57 illustrations from photographs, several of which are published, here for the first tjme. The cost is f,1.50 (po.tage on one copy is 11p. and. on two copies 24il fron Faber and Faber Ltd., 1 Qpeen Square, Lond.onW.C. 1 lN tLv, [he fo1]-or,,i-ing aCditional information has been given to rne by our Secretary: I'The book is to be published. in America, but at present I d.o not have the da,te of publi cation. -
Newsletter25-Autumn69-1.Pdf
NEWSLETTER of the DELIUS SOCIETY President: . Eric Fenby, O.B.E. Hon. Secretary: Miss F,stelle Palmley Hon. Treasurer: Miss Ann Todd Editor: John White No. 25. Autumn, 1969. Contents Editorial "Fennimore and Gerda" - a postscript. Christopher W. Redwood. Three Critical Reactions (fUll text). FOR - A.E.P. (Daily Telegraph) AGAINST - John Warrack (~'unday Telegraph) A BALANCED VIEN - Desmond Shawe-Taylor (Sunday Times) An Alternative Assessment - John G. Hall. New Publications. EDITORIAL "Fennimore and Gerda" was given its first stage production in Great Britain nearly eighteen months ago and this edition of the Newsletter contains a retrospective survey of the criticisms which appeared in the press. Mr. Redwood (the author of the excellent programme note) wrote his account shortly after attending both performances, but his text was mislaid and has only recently been re-discovered, together with the other material I have included. Your attention is also drawn to the following articles:- "Fennimore & Gerda" Christopher Redwood. ('Composer' No. 27 - Spring 1968) "Jacobsen and Delius: W. Glyn Jones. ('Denmark' No. 146 a novel and its opera" - Winter 1968. Published by the Anglo-Danish Society, 5 st. Relen's Place, London E.C.3.) (Many members will remember the absorbing talk given by Dr. Glyn Jones on the subject at a previous London meeting.) ** * * ** * * Miss Palmley has sent me a letter she has received from Mr. Ivor Hughes, the Artistic Director of 'Yorkshire Opera', from which I quote the following: "You will be vory interested to know that I have been staging an Exhibition in various parts of Yorkshire about my struggles and the project in general. -
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. -
Wexford Festival Opera's Koanga
WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA’S KOANGA Members will be aware that Wexford Festival Opera staged Delius’s opera Koanga in October 2015. This special feature brings together an introductory piece on Wexford itself by Martin Lee-Browne, Michael Gieleta’s insightful Director’s Notes on the production, a review of the first night by Roger Buckley, and a report on the fascinating talk to members back in November given by conductor Stephen Barlow and Michael Gieleta. WEXFORD – A TOWN COMES TO LIFE In a sheltered position at the very south-easternmost tip of Ireland, Wexford has a double existence. Originally founded in about 800AD by the Vikings, many centuries later it became a centre for revolt against British rule – and nowadays, for about 49 weeks of the year, it is just a traditional Irish country town that has, sadly, seen much better days. Once a successful seaport, shifting sand in the harbour caused it to decline, and large commercial ships stopped using it in the 1960s; nevertheless, it still has a fishing fleet – evidenced by the fact that there are a large number of fish restaurants in the town and the surrounding area, many of which are quite superb. Like most of its counterparts across the country, the town has a stolid, grey feel to it, and architectural gems are in short supply. There is a reasonable number of small businesses, but no major employers: the unemployment rate is around 25%. Wexford County has one of the highest suicide rates in the country, and is apparently ‘the burglary centre of Ireland’; there seems to be little farming in the surrounding countryside, and generally there is much near-poverty. -
Identity, Representation and Transcultural Adaptation in Delius's Koanga
University of Huddersfield Repository Fox, Richard Bramwell Identity, Representation and Transcultural Adaptation in Delius©s Koanga Original Citation Fox, Richard Bramwell (2016) Identity, Representation and Transcultural Adaptation in Delius©s Koanga. Masters thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/31579/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ University of Huddersfield Identity, Representation and Transcultural Adaptation in Delius’s Koanga A thesis submitted to the University of Huddersfield in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters by Research in Music Richard Bramwell Fox 9-20-2016 2 Copyright Statement i. The author of this thesis (including any appendices and/or schedules to this thesis) owns any copyright in it (the “Copyright”) and s/he has given The University of Huddersfield the right to use such Copyright for any administrative, promotional, educational and/or teaching purposes. -
A Conductor's Guide to Twentieth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works in English
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