Music of two English composers, Frederick Delius and Gustav Holst: both born of German parentage, both dead in the same year of 1934, and with little else in common.
We start with Delius, and in all of the years that Bill played as a trombonist in orchestras around the US, he doesn’t recall ever having performed a Delius symphony. Bill describes Delius as having an affinity with Benjamin Britten and we will listen to On Hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring which evokes sounds of the Yorkshire Moors.
Playlist
Frederick Delius: Florida Suite, Nocturne, II (excerpt)
Abramovic, piano
Delius: Piano Music / Charles Abramovic
DTR 2001; 1:22
Frederick Delius: La Calinda from Koanga
Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli
Orchestral Works
EMI 65119; 4:32
Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto (excerpt)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar; Philip Fowke, piano
EMI 65119
Unicorn 2072; 4:47
Frederick Delius: The Walk To The Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo & Juliet
London Symphony Orchestra/John Barbirolli
Orchestral Works
EMI 65119; 4:47
Frederick Delius: Sea Drift (excerpt)
Bournemouth Symphony & Chorus/Richard Hickox; Bryn Terfel, baritone
Delius: Sea Drift, Songs Of Sunset, Etc / Hickox, Terfel
Chandos 9214; 8:34
Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair
Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli
Orchestral Works
EMI 65119; 18:20
Frederick Delius: On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli
Orchestral Works
EMI 65119; 7:23
Frederick Delius: A Mass Of Life
Part I: O Du Mein Wille! & Erhebt Eure Herzen
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bach Choir/David Hill; Janice Watson, Catherine Wyn-Rodgers, Andrew Kennedy, Alan Opie, soloists
Mass of Life (A) / Prelude and Idyll
Naxos 8.572861-62; 7:14
Frederick Delius: Over The Hills & Far Away
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham
Beecham Conducts Delius
EMI 47509-8; 12:57
Frederick Delius: Suite for Violin & Orchestra, I & II
BBC Concert Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones; Philippe Graffin, violin
Frederick Delius/ Hiawatha
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7226; 7:46
Frederick Delius: A Song Of Summer
London Symphony Orchestra/John Barbirolli
Orchestral Works
EMI 65119; 11:16
Gustav Holst: Walt Whitman, Op. 7
Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Symphony, “The Cotswolds”
Naxos 8.572914; 7:21
Gustav Holst: Symphony in F major, Op. 8, The Cotswolds
I. Allegro con brio, II. Elegy: Molto adagio (In Memoriam William Morris)
Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Symphony, “The Cotswolds”
Naxos 8.572914: 12:12
Gustav Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
A Somerset Rhapsody, Brook Green Suite, The Wasps Overture and Aristophanic Suite
EMI 47812; 9:40
Albert Ketèlbey: In a Persian Market (excerpt)
Ambrosian Chorus
In a Persian Market / In a Monastery Garden / In a Chinese Temple Garden
Philips 400011; 1:01
Gustav Holst: Second Dance from Beni Mora
LSO/Holst
Holst Conducts Holst- The Planets, St Paul’s Suite, Etc
Pearl 9417; 3:11
Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda – Hymn to the Dawn & Hymn to the Waters
Osian Ellis & The Purcell Singers
Six Medieval Lyrics; Seven Part Songs
ARGO 6; 4:54
Gustav Holst: Dance of the Marionette & Song of the Fisherman from Japanese Suite, Op. 33
BBC Philharmonic/Andrew Davis
Holst: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 / Davis, BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 5086; 2:50
Gustav Holst: “In the Bleak Midwinter”
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw
Songs of Angels – Christmas Hymns And Carols / Robert Shaw
Telarc 80377; 3:43
Gustav Holst: First Suite in E-flat for Military Band
I. Chaconne; II. Intermezzo; III. March
The Staff Band Of The Norwegian Armed Forces
Percy Grainger Florent Schmitt Gustav Holst
Simax 1208; 10:43
Gustav Holst: Six Choral Folk Songs, H. 136 (Op. 36b)
IV. The Song of the Blacksmith
Baccholian Singers
Holst – The Collector’s Edition
EMI 40471; 1:16
Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F For Military Band, Op. 28/2 4. Fantasia on The Dargason
London Wind Orchestra/Denis Wick
Military Band Suites 1 & 2
AVS 6021; 3:10
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 – Mars, The Bringer Of War
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Colin Davis
The Planets
Philips 422403; 6:59
Gustav Holst: The Planets – II. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/James Levine
The Planets
DG 429730; 7:25
Gustav Holst: The Planets – III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (excerpt)
Gustav Holst Conducts The Planets
The Planets
GEMM 9417; :20
Gustav Holst: The Planets – III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Davis
Holst: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 / Davis, BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 5086; 7:33
Gustav Holst: The Planets – IV. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/James Levine
The Planets
DG 429730; 7:33, :23
Gustav Holst: “I Vow to Thee, my Country”
Della Jones
The Last Night of the Proms
Philips 454172; 3:44
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125 – V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
BBC Philharmonic/Andrew Davis
Holst: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 / Davis, BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 5086; 8:20
Gustav Holst: The Planets – VI. Uranus, The Magician
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/James Levine
The Planets
DG 429730; 5:49
Gustav Holst: The Planets – VII. Neptune, The Mystic
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Simon Rattle
The Planets / Asteroids
EMI 69690; 7:02
Gustav Holst: Lyric Movement for Viola & Small Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra/Imogen Holst; Cecil Aronowitz, viola
Ballet Music From The Golden Goose – Double Concerto…
Lyrita 223; 9:59
Gustav Holst: Brook Green Suite for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra/Imogen Holst
Ballet Music From The Golden Goose – Double Concerto…
Lyrita 223; :34, 6:59
Gustav Holst: Capriccio for Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra/Imogen Holst
Ballet Music From The Golden Goose – Double Concerto…
Lyrita 223; 6:04
Gustav Holst: “Ave Maria,” Op. 9b
The Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
Holst, Vaughan Williams, Choral Music. The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
Chandos 9425; 3:56
