"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
NEW FILM
PROJECT: "FREDERICK DELIUS IN FLORIDA"
Click here for information on
this production!
Videos:
DELIUS: "BRIGG
FAIR" - orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate on Italian TV (these are
large FLV files):
Part 1
Part
2
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by Simon Rattle
performed "BRIGG FAIR" BY DELIUS
at the 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
DELIUS' "REQUIEM" was performed on June 4, 2009
by the Central City Chorus and Orchestra (New York City)
Stephen Black, Music Director
Central City Chorus Website
Press
Release
Flyer for the concert
Article
about
Delius'
Requiem
Sound
clip
from
the
concert (3:47)
PEGASUS
OPERA
COMPANY
PRODUCTION
OF
DELIUS'
"KOANGA" (APRIL
12-14, 2007)
DELIUS FESTIVAL IN BRADFORD:
JULY 2006
Tasmin Little was the
principal
organizer and performer for this Festival.
Thank you, Tasmin!
DELIUS
LECTURE/RECITAL/EXHIBITION
IN
PHILADELPHIA
OCTOBER
23,
2005
"Frederick
Delius:
Devotion,
Collaboration
and
the
Salvation
of
Music"
The
2004 Delius Festival in
Jacksonville, Florida
Recaps of all Delius
Festivals
since 1961
"What's
New"
A
Chronological Listing
of Additions to the Delius Site
News, Organizations and
Events
Delius Fan Survey
Reference Information
- SEA DRIFT was performed in Houston, Texas on Nov. 8, 2003:
- APPALACHIA was performed in Round Top, Texas on Nov. 20,
2004:
- APPALACHIA was performed in Austin, Texas on Nov. 22, 2004:
- 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:
Recordings and Scores
- Folktrax Records - Two releases include Percy Grainger's
1906
field
recordings, including BRIGG FAIR:
Artists performing Delius
Links to Other Delius
Sites
Other Links of Interest
to
Delians
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