The Delius Trust
The Delius Society
Festival Frederick Delius
Eglise Notre Dame et Saint Laurent, Grez sur Loing
Frederick Delius and his contemporaries; Debussy, Poulenc and Saint-Saens
Choeur de chamber Les Temperamens Variations/Thibault Lam Quang
Festival Frederick Delius
Grez sur Loing
Delius: Violin Sonata No.2
Cello Sonata
and works by Grieg (Two Elegiac Melodies Op.24) and Ravel (Piano Trio)
Véronique Roux (piano), Jeanne Marie Conquer (violin) and Philippe Bary (cello)
The Ballroom, Longwood Gardens PA
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (arr. Stairs)
Delius: La Calinda (arr. Stairs)
and works by Grainger. Elgar, Ogden, Coleridge Taylor and Eric Coates
Michael Stairs (organ)
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
Delius: A Song before Sunrise
and works by: Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.3 and Symphony No.6)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Town Hall, Birmingham
Delius: A Song before Sunrise
and works by: Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.3 and Symphony No.6)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Cadogan Hall, London
Delius: A Song before Sunrise
and works by: Schnelzer (Violin Concerto) and Beethoven (Symphony No.6)
Hugo Ticciati (violin)
Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Royal College of Music, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, London
Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
and works by Britten (Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes); Bridge (Dance Rhapsody) and Walton Portsmouth Point Overture)
RCM Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Stark/Robert Hodge/Marcio Da Silva
The Capitol, Horsham
Delius: Cello Sonata
and works by Rachmaninov (Cello Sonata); Fauré (Élégie); Bach (Adagio) and Bridge (Scherzetto)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with Pam Chowhan (piano)
Großes Haus, Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet – première of new production
Conductor: Justin Brown
(Further performance: 24th June.)
Japanese School in Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Delius: La Calinda
and works by: Britten (Simple Symphony) and Bartok (Hungarian Pictures)
Ensemble Dimanche
Doncaster Museum and Art gallery
Delius: String Quartet
and Grainger (Two Miniatures)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Cadogan Hall, London
Delius: Caprice and Elegy
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
and works by: Ireland (The Holy Boy) and Vaughan Williams (Tallis Fantasia; Symphony No. 5)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
In aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, and in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Ardente Opera
St John’s Church, Waterloo, London
Delius: Piano Concerto (original 3 movement version)
Fennimore and Gerda (concert performance)
Ashley Riches - Niels
Kathryn McAdam – Fennimore
Thomas Elwin - Erik
Sky Ingram – Gerda
Alexander Soares (piano)
Ardente Opera Orchestra
Julian Black, Conductor
Tickets available securely online at www.ardenteopera.org or via telephone 07864 057760
£22, £18 (concessions), £10 (Student)
Ardente Opera
Concert information as Friday 18th May
Tickets available securely online at www.ardenteopera.org or via telephone 07864 057760
£22, £18 (concessions), £10 (Student)
Queen Street Methodist Central Hall, Scarborough
Delius: Brigg Fair
and works by Vaughan Williams (Tuba Concerto) and William Grant Still (Symphony No.2 in G minor, Song of a New Race – UK premiere)
Scarborough Symphony Orchestra/Shaun Matthew
Bents Green Methodist Church, Sheffield
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
and works by: Sarasate (Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra); Dvorak (Wind Serenade in D minor); Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending) and Bach (Excerpts from Mass in B minor)
Harry Castle (violin), The Abbeydale Singers
Sheffield Chamber Orchestra/Robin McEwan
Glossop Methodist Church
Programme includes:
Delius: String Quartet
Fitzwilliam Quartet
St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London
Celebrating England’s Finest – a Concert to mark Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee
Delius: Two Aquarelles
and works by: Handel (Overture from The Royal Fireworks); Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending); Holst (Jupiter); Walton (Crown Imperial); Britten (Lachrymae for Viola and Strings) and Elgar (Enigma Variations)
Matthew Trusler (violin), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola)
The Orpheus Sinfonia/Thomas Carroll
Breinton, Woking
Delius: Légende for Violin and Piano
and works by: Mozart (Violin Sonata No.32 K454); Dvorak (Sonatina); Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending); Nyman (Full Fathom Five) and Bridge (Melodie and Morceau Caractéristique)
Madaleine Mitchell (violin) and Andrew Ball (piano)
For tickets phone 0778 905 2028
Burton-in-Lonsdale Church
Delius: Late Swallows
and programme which includes Grainger (Two Miniatures)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Holy Trinity Church, Grange-in-Borrowdale
Delius: String Quartet
and works by Grieg (String Quartet) and Grainger (Two Miniatures)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
St Mary’s Church, Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire
Delius: Two Aquarelles
and works by: Mendelssohn (Sinfonia No.10); Handel (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba); Telemann (Viola Concerto); Elgar (Serenade for Strings); Grieg (Two Elegiac Melodies); Dvorak (Humoresques) and Tchaikovsky (Waltz from Serenade in C)
Amanda Salmon (viola)
Volante Strings
Ambleside, Lake District Festival
Delius: String Quartet
and works by Grieg (String Quartet) and Grainger (Two Miniatures)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
St Johns, Smith Square, London
Delius: String Quartet
and works by Tony Kinsey (Quintet for String Quartet and Harmonica – 1st Performance) and Elgar (String Quartet)
Philip Achille (harmonica)
Quartet Pro Musica
Civic Hall, Stratford
Delius: Cello Concerto
and works by: Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite No.1); and Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 and Enigma Variations)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
English Music Festival
Dorchester Abbey
Delius: Cello Sonata
and works by Bridge (Cello Sonata); Venables (Elegy); Ireland (Cello Sonata); Walton (Passacaglia for solo cello) and Britten (Cello Sonata)
Robert Jenkinson (cello) with Benjamin Frith (piano)
English Music Festival
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Delius: Irmelin: Prelude
Seven Danish Songs
A Late Lark
and works by Warlock (Capriol Suite); Alwyn (Autumn Legend) and Parry (Symphony No.3, the 'English');
Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano)
ESO/John Andrews
Town Hall, Birmingham
Delius: Norwegian Suite
and works by: Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite No.1 and Piano Concerto)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
KKL, Luzern, Switzerland
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
and works by other composers
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester LSO/Dmitri Slobodeniouk
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye
Delius: Violin Sonata No.3
and works by: Vaughan Williams (Violin Sonata in A Minor); Britten (Suite for Violin and Piano op.6) and Holst (Five Pieces for Violin and Piano)
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin) with Matthew Rickard (piano)
Leominster Priory, Leominster
Delius: Brigg Fair
and works by: Arnold (Tam O’Shanter); Holst (Egdon Heath): Walton (Spitfire Prelude and Fugue) and Dvorak (Symphony No.9)
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Lloyd
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Delius: Cello Concerto
and works by: Walton (Crown Imperial) and Elgar (Symphony No.1)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Brabbins
90th Anniversary Prom Concert
Princes Hall, Aldershot
Delius: Fantasy Overture Over the Hills and Far Away
and works by: Arnold; Saint-Saens; Leoncavallo; Borodin; Rossini; Offenbach; Lowe; Wood and Elgar
Rebecca Hodgetts (soprano)
Hart Voices
Farnborough Symphony Orchestra/Mark Fitz-Gerald
Chelsea Old Town Hall
Delius: La Calinda
and works by Dvorak (Carnival Overture); Prokofiev (Violin Concerto No.1) and Elgar (Enigma Variations)
Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Fitz-Gerald with Melina Mandozzi (violin)
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham
Delius: Brigg Fair
and works by: Arnold (Tam O’Shanter); Holst (Egdon Heath): Walton (Spitfire Prelude and Fugue) and Dvorak (Symphony No.9)
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Lloyd
Bradford Cathedral, Bradford
Delius: Cello Sonata
and works by: Beethoven (Cello Sonata in G minor) and Franck (Cello Sonata in A Major)
Thomas Carroll (cello) with Anthony Hewitt (piano)
St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Delius: Violin Concerto
and works by: Elgar (Cockaigne); Tate (London Fields); Butterworth (A Shropshire Lad) and Coates (London Suite)
Yuka Ishizuwa (violin)
Camden Chamber Orchestra/Levon Parikian
Tickets £10/£8 available on the door or from info@camdenchamberorchestra.org.uk Tel: 020 8459 6678
Tardebigge Church, Bromsgrove
Delius: Three English Songs by Shelley; Indian Love Song, Love’s Philosophy;To the Queen of my Heart
and songs by Purcell, Haydn, Quilter; Wood; Venables and Warlock
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) with Simon Lepper (piano)
Pre-concert talk by Siva Oke (of SOMM Records) Delius – Poetry in Music at 2.00pm
Großes Haus, Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet – première of new production
Conductor: Justin Brown
Eccleshall Parish Church, Sheffield
Delius: Paris, the Song of a Great City
and works by Elgar (Sospiri) and Holst (The Planets Suite)
The Hallam Sinfonia/Natalia Luis-Bassa
St. Jude’s Proms, North London
Delius: Double Concerto
and works by Rossini (Aria ‘Non più mesta’ from La Cenerentola) and Dvorak (Symphony No.7)
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) and Gemma Rosefield (cello)
Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra/Robert Max
Cheltenham Music Festival
Town Hall, Cheltenham
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Summer Night on the River
And works by: Butterworth (The Banks of Green Willow) and Vaughan Williams (On Wenlock Edge)
Gloucester Youth Orchestra/Glyn Oxley
Lichfield Festival
Lichfield Cathedral
Delius: Idyll de Printemps
and Elgar (Sea Pictures and Symphony No.2)
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
The Halle Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder
Cheltenham Music Festival
Delius: Paris, the Song of a Great City
and works by Holst (Beni Mora Suite); Ravel (Piano Concerto) and Debussy (Estampes:Pagodas and La Mer)
Melvyn Tan (piano)
Orchestra of the Music Makers/Chan Tze Law
St Andrew’s Church, Barnt Green, Worcestershire
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
and works by: Mozart (Symphony No.36); Bowen (Horn Concerto) and Haydn (Symphony No.104)
Tim Stidwill (horn)
The Sinfonia of Birmingham/Mike Seal
Cheltenham Music Festival
Delius: Complete incidental music for Hassan
And works by Debussy: Danses sacrée at profane and Prelude à l’après midi d’un faune – Arr. Adriano)
The Wellensian Consort
Southbank Sinfonia/Neil Thomson
City of London Festival
Plaisterers’ Hall, London
Delius: Violin Sonata No.2
and works by: Kreisler (Praeludium and Allegro); Elgar (Violin Sonata and Allegretto); Szymanowski (Narcisse and Notturno eTarantelle); Scott (Lotus Land) and Debussy (Beau Soir)
Tasmin Little (violin) with Martin Roscoe (piano)
Proms 2012 - First Night
Royal Albert Hall, London
Delius: Sea Drift
and works by Elgar (Overture Cockaigne and Coronation Ode); Tippett (Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles); Turnage (Canon Fever – World Première)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Gerald Finlay (bass-baritone), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner/Sir Roger Norrington/Sir Mark Elder/Martyn Brabbins.
Bredon Village Hall
Delius: Summer Night on the River
and wprks by Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Berlioz (Nuits d’été) and Bizet (Symphony in C)
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra/David Curtis
Catholic Church of St George and St Teresa, Dorridge, West Midlands
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
and works by: Mozart (Symphony No.36); Bowen (Horn Concerto) and Haydn (Symphony No.104)
Tim Stidwill (horn)
The Sinfonia of Birmingham/Mike Seal
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Songs of the exotic
Delius: In the Seraglio Garden
And songs by: Armstrong Gibbs, Bantock, Purcell, Britten, Elgar, Holst, Ireland, Quilter, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Bliss, Howells, Berkeley, Samuel and Weir.
Ruby Hughes (sop), Jenmnifer Johnston (alto), Benedict Nelson (bar) with Joseph Middleton (piano)
Toddington Village Hall
Delius: Summer Night on the River
and works by Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Berlioz (Nuits d’été) and Bizet (Symphony in C)
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra/David Curtis
Buxton Festival
Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton
Delius: Seven Songs from the Norwegian
and works by Ireland (Three Songs by John Masefield); C.W.Orr (Seven Songs from A Shropshire Lad) and Quilter (Three Shakespeare Songs)
Mark Stone (baritone) with Stephen Barlow (piano)
Three Choirs Festival
Hereford Cathedral
Delius: Cello Concerto
and works by Stravinsky (The Firebird), Debussy (La Mer) and Ravel (Bolero)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Diego Matheuz
Copped Hall, Epping Forest
Delius: String Quartet (Late Swallows)
and works by Shostakovich (Quartet No.7) and Schubert (Quintet in C major)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Wigmore Hall, London
Programme includes:
Delius: String Quartet
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Three Choirs Festival
Hereford Cathedral
Delius: Sea Drift
and works by Ireland (London Overture) and Elgar (The Music Makers)
James Rutherford (baritone) Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano)
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra/Dr Peter Nardone
Fishguard International Festival
St David’s Cathedral
Delius: Violin Concerto
and works by: Ireland (London Overture); Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending) and Dvorak (Symphony No. 9 'From the New World')
Tasmin Little (violin)
WNO/Owain Arwel Hughes
Proms 2012
Royal Albert Hall, London
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
and works by: Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis); Ireland (These Things Shall Be) and Walton (Belshazzar’s Feast)
Johnathan Lumalu (baritone, bass-baritone)
London Brass
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Tadaaki Otaka
Church Stretton Arts Festival
Concord College, Acton Burnell
Delius: Sonata in B Major op.posth
and works by: Brahms (F.A.E Sonata); Elgar (Chanson de Matin); Franck (Sonata) and Szymanowsky (Notturno e Tarantelle)
Tasmin Little (violin) with Martin Roscoe (piano)
(Tickets available from April. Tel: 01694 724106)
BBC Proms 2012
Royal Albert Hall, London
Delius: Cynara
and works by: Sibelius (Symphony No.6 and Symphony No.3); Grieg (Piano Concerto) and Per Nørgård (Symphony No.7 – U.K.Première)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds
Edinburgh Festival
Usher Hall. Edinburgh
Delius: A Mass of Life
Anna Christy (sop); Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo sop); Robert Murray (ten) and Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-bar)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus (chorus master Christopher Bell)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis
BBC Proms 2012
Delius: Paris (The Song of a Great City)
and works by: Saint-Saens (Piano Concerto No.2) and Tchaikovsky (Symphony No.5)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
Tuckamore Festival
St. Andrews ‘The Kirk’ Newfoundland
Delius: String Quartet
and works by Grieg (Quartet); Shostakovich (Quartet No.7) and Grainger (Molly on the Shore)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Ferryland, Newfoundland
Delius: String Quartet
and works by Grieg (Quartet); Shostakovich (Quartet No.7) and Grainger (Molly on the Shore)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Proms 2012
Royal Albert hall, London
Delius: Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
and works by: Beethoven (Egmont Overture); Mozart (Clarinet Concerto) and Nielsen (Symphony No.5)
Michael Collins (basset clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall, London
Delius: Violin Concerto
and works by: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Symphony No.9 - London Première) and Shostakovich (Symphony No.10)
Tasmin Little (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
BBC Proms – Last Night
Royal Albert Hall, London
Delius: Songs of Farewell
and works by Bruch (Violin Concerto); Mark Simpson, Suk, Verdi, Massenet, Puccini, John Williams, Dvorak, Shostakovich, Brodzsky, Lara, Rogers, Wood, Elgar and Parry
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek
St.James Picadilly, Lunchtime Recital
with Simon Callaghan
Programme to include Delius and Ravel
Princess Alexandra Hall, Royal Over-Seas League
Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street London SW1A 1LR
Delius and Gauguin - A conversation
A concert of music expressing significant exchanges between composers and artists
Delius: Sonata for violin and piano B major
Delius: Sonata for violin and piano No. 3
Edvard Grieg: Lieder, transcribed for violin and piano by Émile Sauret
Solvejgs Lied, Morgenthau, Waldwanderung
Claude Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano
Midori Komachi (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
Tickets: £10, £5 (students)
Tickets will go on sale on 1st July and available on the door
Wigmore Hall, London
Delius: Cello Sonata, Caprice and Elegy, Romance
and works by Ireland (Cello Sonata and The Holy Boy);
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with John Lenehan (piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (Concert Performance)
Andrew Staples (Sali), Anna Devlin (Vrenchen), Christopher Maltman (Manz), Andrew Shore (Marti) and David Wilson-Johnson (The Dark Fiddler)
New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp
Greenacres, Cockfosters
Programme includes:
Delius: Late Swallows (from String Quartet)
and works by Britten (Quartet No.3); Brahms (Piano Quintet) and Grainger (Molly on the Shore)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University, Philadelphia PA 19122
Piano and Harpsichord Recital of music by Delius, Grainger, Grieg, Byrd, Cyril Scott and Florent Schmitt
Charles Abramovic (piano)
Free admission
Chetham’s - Delius Celebration
Manchester Cathedral
Delius: Irmelin
On Craig Ddu; Midsummer Song
Paa Vidderne: Melodrama
Grieg: Norwegian Dances
Jonathan Keebel (narrator)
Chetham’s Sinfonia/Halle Youth Orchestra/Dane Lam
Introduction by Dr Lionel Carley ‘Delius, Grieg and Paa Vidderne’
Lighthouse, Poole
Delius: Cello Concerto
and works by Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis) and Tchaikovsky (Symphony No.4)
Paul Watkins (cello)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Michael Francis
Chetham's - Delius Celebration
A Delius 150th Anniversary Celebration Concert
St George's Hall, Bradford
Delius: Cello Concerto
Delius: Florida Suite
Grieg: Music from Peer Gynt
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra and Chetham's Chamber Choir/Stephen Threlfall
Pre-concert talk in St George’s Hall at 6.30pm
Chetham’s Delius Celebration
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Delius: Cello Concerto
Florida Suite
and Grieg (Music from Peer Gynt)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Members of Chetham’s Chamber Choir
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra/Stephen Threlfall
Pre-concert talk by Dr Lionel Carley in St George’s Hall at 6.30pm with Delius chamber music performed by Chetham’s students.
Concert to be recorded by Classic FM for future broadcast.
Great Hall, Exeter University
Delius: Cello Concerto
and works by Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis) and Tchaikovsky (Symphony No.4)
Paul Watkins (cello)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Michael Francis
Chetham’s Delius Celebration
Baronial Hall, Chetham’s
Cello Master Class with Raphael Wallfisch
Participants should contact Sally Hawkins Tel: 0161 834 9644
(Free public admission)
Chetham’s Delius Celebration
The Carole Nash Hall, Chetham’s, Manchester
Delius: Romance (1896)
Caprice and Elegy (1930)
Sonata (1916) in one movement
and works by Grieg (Allegretto, after the violin and piano Sonata Op. 45, and Cello Sonata Op.36)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) with John York (piano)
Wexford Opera
High Street, Wexford, Ireland
A Village Romeo & Juliet
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
with Simon Callaghan
Programme to include Delius, Debussy
Information provided on this page was accurate at the time of entry. However, when booking tickets it would be wise to enquire whether there have been any changes to the programme, venue, timing etc. The Society cannot be held responsible for any subsequent changes.
Julian Lloyd Webber
Photo: EMI Classics
Delius Society, Secretary@TheDeliusSociety.org.uk
Delius Trust, 7-11 Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JS. Tel: 020 7239 9143
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