The Delius Trust
The Delius Society
Frederick Delius was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 29th January 1862. 2012 is therefore his 150th anniversary, and The Delius Society is giving as much support as possible to publicising it, and securing performances of his music - particularly works which are rarely performed.
To this end, the Society:
Help us communicate the significance of the Delius anniversary by requesting copies of our A5-sized promotional flyer. Perfect for displaying and distributing at concerts, social gatherings, music groups, choirs, and for anyone involved in music-making or appreciation. Spread the word by requesting your Delius anniversay flyers now! Contact: 2012@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
Full details of a number of important events are posted on this page and a comprehensive list of concerts can be found on our 'Concerts' page:
29th January: Birthday Lunchtime gathering at the Royal Festival Hall, London
3.00pm Royal Festival Hall, London
Delius: ’Cello Concerto; Brigg Fair
and works by Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending) and Elgar (Enigma Variations)
Philharmonia/Andrew Davis with Julian Lloyd Webber (’cello) and Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin)
6.30pm Conway Hall, London
Delius String Quartet and works by Grainger (Two Miniatures) and Grieg (Quartet)
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
7pm Royal Festival Hall, London
Ken Russell's film: 'A Song of Summer'
This fascinating insight into the final years of Delius' life - and the challenges the blind and paralysed composer
faced in completing his last works - is followed by a round table discussion with Julian Lloyd Webber and other guests.
5th-8th May: 'Festival Delius' in Paris and Grez
Details to be confirmed soon.
4th-15th July: Cheltenham Festival, including Society AGM
The 2012 Delius Society AGM and Annual Lunch will be held in Cheltenham in conjunction
with the Cheltenham Music Festival.
The Festival will include the following evening concerts in the Town Hall:
Friday 6th July
Delius: Paris, the Song of a Great City
and works by Holst (Beni Mora suite), Ravel (Piano Concerto) & Debussy (La Mer)
Orchestra of the Music Makers (conductor tba) with Melvyn Tan (piano)
Saturday 7th July
Delius: Hassan (complete)
Cheltenham Festival Academy (choir tba) conducted by Neil Thomson
Narrator tba
Further details will be available at www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/
25th-27th July: Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral
Sunday 22nd July
Delius: ’Cello Concerto
and works by Stravinsky (The Firebird), Debussy (La Mer) and Ravel (Boléro)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Diego Matheuz with Julian Lloyd Webber (’cello)
Thursday 26th July, evening, Hereford Cathedral
Delius: Sea Drift
and works by Ireland (London Overture) and Elgar (The Music Makers)
Festival Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/conductor (tba) with Sarah Connolly
(mezzo soprano) and James Rutherford (baritone)
22nd-23rd September: Study Weekend at The British Library
St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
A special two day programme of lectures and musical events to educate and entertain, with an international panel of Delius authorities including Tim Blanning, Lionel Carley, Richard Chesser, Jeremy Dibble, Bo Holten, Anthony Payne, Raphael Wallfisch, Nora Sirbaugh and Jérome Rossi.
17th-20th October: 'A Delius Celebration' at Chetham’s School of Music with concerts in Manchester and Bradford
A four day Festival based in Manchester (17th, 19th and 20th October) and Bradford (18th October). The programme will include a wide range of concerts and events focussing on the music and life of Frederick Delius with the special aim of bringing the composer’s music to a younger audience. A special feature will be a concert in St George’s Hall, Bradford, Delius’ home town.
20th October, 2012
New Recital Hall, Chetham’s School of Music
The Delius Prize
The Chetham’s Festival will also include the final public performance stage of the Delius Prize, first established by the Delius Society in 2004 with the purpose of introducing young musicians to the music of Delius. The Prize is open to music students throughout the United Kingdom with entrants being auditioned and selected by their respective conservatoires and music colleges.
If you have any ideas you would like to discuss with us or if you would like further information about any of our plans for 2012, please contact Rosemary Radford at: 2012@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk and we will be in touch with you.
ASSISTANCE OFFERED TO PERFORMERS
We do hope you will want to include some Delius in your programmes and benefit from the heightened awareness, interest and enjoyment of this wonderful music. Please contact us if we can help in any way.
Music and arrangements
We can help you with your choice of a Delius work to include in your 2012 programme. Detailed below are lists of his works in various categories, showing the forces required to perform them and including arrangements for a variety of instrumentations along with names of publishers. If you would like us to send you any of these by email attachment, please email your request to Rosemary Radford (as above) quoting the appropriate code number(s):
FD01 Works for Larger Orchestra, Solo Instrument and Orchestra, Solo Voices and/or Chorus and Orchestra and Songs with Orchestra
FD02 Orchestration details for smaller-scale works
FD03 Instrumentation details for small-scale works arranged for Band, Organ, Piano and Chamber ensembles
FD04 Orchestral works in arrangements for Piano Duet and Two Pianos
FD05 Original works for solo Piano
FD06 Original works for String Quartet, Violin and Piano, and Cello and Piano
FD07 Arrangements for Viola (with Piano and with Orchestra)
FD08 Part Songs
FD09 Songs with Piano accompaniment
FD10 Small scale works in arrangements
FD11 Orchestral arrangements and reductions
Free download of scores
A number of scores (and in some cases parts) can be downloaded free from the website of The International Music Score Library Project: www.imslp.org These include a selection or orchestral, chamber, choral works and songs. The music library is currently owned and run by Project Petrucci LLC, a company created with the sole purpose of managing this site.
Contact information:
Project Petrucci LLC
205 S. Charles St.
Edwardsville IL 62025
USA
Writing in the current Delius Society Journal, (No.149), Tony Summers provides a number of helpful comments including a pointer that 'before accessing/downloading scores in IMSLP you have to agree to a disclaimer that the work in question is not in copyright in your country'. Further information on copyright is provided elsewhere on our website.
Promoting your Concerts
If you look at our Events page you will see that we are listing a large number of concerts and events so please send us details of any of your concert programmes which include music by Delius so that we can promote them for you. We are also promoting concerts on Bachtrack, Facebook, and in the Society’s Journals and Newsletters.
Leaflets and Concert Support
We will be happy to send you Anniversary leaflets to help you to promote your concerts, simply contact: 2012@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
We will also help with background information on Delius and his music for your programme notes and may even be able to provide you with a Speaker to introduce a special concert.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Delius' birth, music publisher Boosey & Hawkes are offering a 25% discount on orchestral hire fees for (small right) UK performances of Delius' works, taking place over the course of 2012. Please contact the Hire Library for further details or to obtain a quote: ukhire@boosey.com
Looking for a Soloist or Partner?
We have a substantial list of Delius-friendly artists to help you in your programming needs. Please contact Rosemary Radford for a copy: 2012@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
Delius Composition Prize 2012
The Delius Society has promoted an annual, conservatoire-based Performance Prize since 2004, which has been highly successful. In addition to this and new for 2012, the 150th anniversary of Delius's birth, is the launch of an International Composition Prize, open to all composers. Entrants are invited to offer a composition of 10-20 minutes' duration, scored for one to five performers, that has the potential to be programmed with works of Delius for broadly similar (i.e. solo, duo or chamber) forces. The composition can be a single piece or a group of pieces.
As well as receiving a prize of £2,000, the winner may be invited to submit his or her work for performance at a public event
to be scheduled in London in 2012.
The closing date for applications is 1st May 2012. Three copies of the manuscript should be sent, with a completed application form, to:
Delius International Composition Prize
c/o Crosland Communications Ltd.
The Railway Station
Green Road
Newmarket
Suffolk CB8 9WT
United Kingdom
The winner will be notified in writing by 31st May 2012.
Entries will be considered by a panel of three judges, consisting of the composers Anthony Payne, Sebastian Forbes and Judith Weir.
Entry forms and copies of the rules of the competition are available from the address above or why not just download them - Entry form - Rules. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view them.
Please address queries to: Events@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
Delius Society, Secretary@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
Delius Trust, 7-11 Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JS. Tel: 020 7239 9143
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