The Delius Society Journal Spring 2012, Number 151
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The Delius Society Journal Spring 2012, Number 151 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 151 Spring 2012.indd 1 20/04/2012 13:42 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: Delius in 1912: The Portrait by Ida Gerhardi Back cover: The Garden at Grez in winter 2010-11. Photo: Jean Merle d’Aubigny 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 151 Spring 2012.indd 2 20/04/2012 13:42 Andrew Davis, on course for Edinburgh 3 DSJ 151 Spring 2012.indd 3 20/04/2012 13:42 CONTENTS CHAIRMAN’S NOTES................................................................................... 7 EDITORIAL...................................................................................................... 9 OBITUARY Ken Russell....................................................................................................... 11 Alan Rowlands................................................................................................. 14 Mary Cahill....................................................................................................... 17 Henry Cornely.................................................................................................. 18 RUSSELL, FENBY AND DELIUS by Richard Packer............................................................................................... 20 A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD MAYOR OF BRADFORD.................... 22 DELIUS AND ALL THAT JAZZ by Digby Fairweather......................................................................................... 24 THE 2011 DELIUS SOCIETY JOURNAL SURVEY.................................... 27 A PORTRAIT OF DELIUS by Paul Chennell................................................................................................ 29 ‘DELIUS TODAY’ Delius Today by Robert Matthew Walker................................................................................ 33 Delius by Julian Lloyd Webber...................................................................................... 39 Delius, Grieg, Norway and Me by Beryl Foster................................................................................................... 43 Delius Today by Em Marshall.................................................................................................. 46 Delius Today by John McCabe................................................................................................. 47 Delius Today by Steven Halls.................................................................................................. 49 4 DSJ 151 Spring 2012.indd 4 20/04/2012 13:42 IS APPALACHIA THE OLD INDIAN NAME FOR NORTH AMERICA? by David J Eccott............................................................................................... 52 NEWS FROM MEMBER SOCIETIES by Michael Green............................................................................................... 62 2012 UPDATE by Katharine Richman....................................................................................... 71 ERIC FENBY UPON THE MOOR by Jayne Strutt................................................................................................... 73 100 YEARS AGO by Paul Chennell................................................................................................ 75 RECORDING A MASS OF LIFE by Katharine Richman....................................................................................... 77 DELIUS SOCIETY JOURNAL GOLDEN JUBILEE. The History of the Delius Society Journal by Stephen Lloyd................................................................................................ 86 Recording the Fenby Legacy by Christopher Palmer....................................................................................... 94 How The Delius Society Began by Rodney Meadows.......................................................................................... 100 The President’s Address by Eric Fenby..................................................................................................... 104 LETTERS John White........................................................................................................ 109 Alan Roberts..................................................................................................... 109 David Lloyd-Jones........................................................................................... 112 Tony Noakes.................................................................................................... 112 Geoffrey Pratley.............................................................................................. 114 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FMS: REPORT by Brian Radford................................................................................................ 115 5 DSJ 151 Spring 2012.indd 5 20/04/2012 13:42 LIONEL CARLEY: PUBLICATIONS........................................................... 117 CD NEWS by Paul Chennel................................................................................................. 126 BOOK REVIEW The John Ireland Companion edited by Lewis Foreman.............................. 130 CD REVIEWS A Delius Collection of Rare Historic Recordings...................................... 132 Delius: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Double Concerto.................. 134 Delius: 150th Anniversary Edition (EMI 18-CD set)................................. 136 The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol 2.............................................................. 137 The Romantic Cello............................................................................................ 140 CONCERT AND OPERA REVIEWS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River.............................................................................. 142 A Village Romeo and Juliet............................................................................... 143 Sea Drift and Appalachia................................................................................. 146 Cello Concerto and Brigg Fair....................................................................... 148 String Quartet.................................................................................................. 150 LEAVING A GIFT TO THE DELIUS SOCIETY IN YOUR WILL........... 151 DELIUS SOCIETY MEETINGS London Meeting, 20th September 2011....................................................... 152 London Meeting, 26th October 2011............................................................ 157 London Meeting, 30th November 2011....................................................... 159 Philadelphia Branch Report.......................................................................... 161 MISCELLANY................................................................................................. 163 EVENTS 2011-12............................................................................................. 170 6 DSJ 151 Spring 2012.indd 6 20/04/2012 13:42 CHAIRMAN’S NOTES Well – here we are! The Anniversary Year has arrived! When one thinks of it, it is remarkable that Delius and his music have continuously been a modest but significant part of the European musical tapestry since about 1900 − not the full 150 years, but nevertheless a gratifyingly long time. Initially, the music caused controversy − the critics never agreed about its qualities − but the ‘naysayers’ came round, and from 1908, under Delius’s great supporters Beecham and Henry Wood (and to a lesser extent, Granville Bantock, Albert Coates and Landon Ronald) many, many performances were given over more than 50 years; the Trust was formed in 1934, and the Society in 1962; and the first volume in the complete Collected Edition appeared in 1953, and the last in the early 2000s. After Beecham’s death in 1961 there was something of a lull, but a new generation of conductors such as Charles Mackerras, Charles Groves and then Richard Hickox, Mark Elder and Andrew Davis faithfully took up the cause (albeit not as fiercely as Beecham and Wood had); following Beecham’s 1959 biography, the 1970s saw the publication of a number of books (most importantly those of Eric Fenby, Alan Jefferson, Christopher Palmer, and in particular Lionel Carley’s The Paris Years and two volumes of Letters, and Robert Threlfall’s two Catalogues), and since