THE DELIUS FESTIVAL is the annual celebration of the composer and his music.
Florida Times-Union article about the 2004 Delius Festival (March 3, 2004)
A MEMOIR OF THE 2004 DELIUS FESTIVAL
by
Terry Sanderson
Review
of
the 2004 Delius Festival by Alan Becker (Florida Sun-Sentinel, March
18, 2004)
PHOTOS FROM THE 2004 DELIUS FESTIVAL:
Festival Announcement Letter
from The Delius Association of Florida
Festival Schedule
and Registration Form
Sunday, February 29th, 2004:
5:00 to 6:00 pm EVENSONG at St John's Cathedral for the First Sunday in Lent
St. John's Cathedral Choir (John Barry, Organist / Master of Choristers)
Evening Service in D (Sir George Dyson)
Evening Hymn (H. Balfour Gardiner)
Music by Basil Harwood
Thursday, March 4th, 2004:
Noon to 4:00 pm Check in at Adam's Mark Hotel
4:00 to 8:00 pm Sunset cruise on the
St Johns
River aboard the Jacksonville Princess. Cocktails and heavy hors
d'ouvres. Music and Lecture on board by David Lloyd-Jones.
Jacksonville
Princess brochure
Friday, March 5th, 2004:
11:00 am to noon Friday Musicale Concert
Solano Singers, Directed by Brenda McNeiland
DELIUS: Choruses from Koanga
DELIUS: Chorus from Irmelin
DELIUS: Appalachia, Variation 15
("Oh, Honey I am goin' down the River in the
Mornin',"
Chorus with baritone solo)
DELIUS: Part Songs from Hassan
HOLST: Rig Veda, Third Group for harp and
female voices
Noon to 1:00 pm Reception
1:00 to 2:00 pm Composition Contest Concert at Friday Musicale
4:00 to 5:30 pm Cocktail reception at the Delius House at Jacksonville University
5:30 to 7:00 pm Dinner at Kinne Center at Jacksonville University
7:00 pm Bus leaves for Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra concert
8:00 pm Film, "DISCOVERING
DELIUS,"
at Jacksonville University
This 1993 film follows Delius' life, but concentrates primarily on
the music, exploring
its
origins
and
probing its meanings. Featured in the film are many
of the UK's most
distinguished
musicians.
OR
Jacksonville
Symphony
Orchestra at the Times Union Performing Arts
Center
"LATIN
RHYTHM"
Saturday, March 6th, 2004:
11:30 am to 1:00 pm Buffet Luncheon at the Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum
1:00 to 1:30 pm Jeff Driggers on Delius' introduction to the German translation of James Weldon Johnson's "Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man."
1:30 to 2:00 pm Concert by The Honeysucker Choir of music Delius would have heard when he was in Jacksonville
2:00 to 3:00 pm The Fenby Lecture by Derek Healey on the influence of African-American music on Delius
Sunday, March 7th, 2004:
8:30 am to noon Trip to Solano Grove with brief lecture
3:00 to 4:30 pm Concert at the
Times
Union Performing Arts Center:
Delius Concert Conducted by David Lloyd-Jones Performed by the
Jacksonville
Symphony Orchestra
CHABRIER: Marche Joyeuse
DELIUS: Two Negro Songs for baritone and chorus
(with Edward Waters College Choir) (WORLD PREMIERE)
DELIUS: Florida -Tropical Scenes for Orchestra
DELIUS: American Rhapsody (AMERICAN PREMIERE)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto (Scott Watkins, piano)
4:30 to 6:00 pm Closing Reception at the Times Union Performing Arts Center.
RELATED LINKS:
Recaps of all the Delius Festivals in Jacksonville, Florida since 1961
The City of Jacksonville Visitors Page
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
The Jacksonville Public Library's Delius Collection
