http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01fhyxg
Celebrating the 150th year since the composer’s birth, Donald Macleod is joined by the violinist Tasmin Little and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, to discuss the life and music of Frederick Delius. Journeying from Delius’s birth to death, Donald Macleod traces the composer’s battle with his father, his jaunts off to Norway, Germany and Florida, his marriage to Jelka Rosen and his eventual death caused by syphilis. Tasmin Little and Julian Lloyd Webber provide fascinating insights into performing some of the concertos and sonatas by Delius, including their own experiences of working with Eric Fenby in performing works by Delius. Listen again on iplayer.