18/10/2011 Launch of the Delius International Composition Prize
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 […] continue reading
28/09/2011 FENBY – The 1984 Radio Programme Re-mastered CD now available to Members
The CD version of this splendid recording is now available exclusively to members. New members will receive a complementary copy of the CD as part of their ‘joining pack’. A limited number of CDs are also available to existing members in return for a modest donation. Lyndon Jenkins provided a background to the recording (previously […] continue reading
21/09/2011 EMI-Delius Website
A very exciting project is the Delius-EMI website, ‘Delius – Apostle of Nature’ due to be launched in October, ahead of the launch of an 18xCD set of Delius recordings. This is very much on target and is being driven along by the wonderfully efficient Jon Tolansky (who will be talking to the Society about […] continue reading
19/09/2011 Sir George Shearing – an obituary
A tribute to the Delius Society member and distinguished composer and performer The son of a coalman father and railway carriage cleaner mum, George was the youngest of nine children. Blind from birth, he was born on 13th August 1919, in a rundown area of Battersea, south-west London, where life was tough for his parents […] continue reading