Frederick Delius - Song of Summer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2016
- - Composer: Frederick Theodore Albert Delius (29 January 1862 -- 10 June 1934)
- Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: John Barbirolli
- Year of recording: 1967
Painting: Delius in his Garden at Grez-sur-Loing. Oil on canvas by Jelka Rosen {his wife}, early 1900s.
"A Song of Summer", tone poem for orchestra, written in 1930-1931.
After Delius was blinded and crippled by tertiary syphilis in the early '20s, his composing career seemed effectively to have ended. But the arrival of Eric Fenby, a young English man who had fallen in love with Delius' music, re-vitalized Delius, and, with Fenby's help and cooperation as an amanuensis, Delius returned to composition. Arguably the best work of Delius' final creative period was A Song of Summer. Based on A Poem of Life and Love that Delius had written in 1918 but never performed or published, the vast and spacious opening of A Song of Summer was dictated by Delius to Fenby, who then interwove themes from the earlier work into the fabric of Delius' invention. The result is Delius purified and refined with themes of heart-quickening beauty and harmonies of opulent voluptuousness scored with supreme sensuousness. Of course, being composed by Delius, A Song of Summer has no rhythm and very little form: the harmonies move at their own ecstatically indolent speed and the form is essentially erotic, featuring a pair of orgasmic climaxes preceded by rising passion and followed by languor.
Delius explained the context of the tone poem to Fenby:
"I want you to imagine we are sitting on the cliffs of heather and looking out over the sea. The sustained chords in the high strings suggest the clear sky and stillness and calm of the scene...You must remember that figure that comes in the violins when the music becomes more animated. I'm introducing it there to suggest the gentle rise and fall of the waves. The flutes suggest a seagull gliding by."
Sir Henry J. Wood conducted the premiere in London on 17 September 1931. Fenby himself also recorded the work, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a recording released in 1981.
The tone poem lent its title to the 1968 Ken Russell film 'Song of Summer', which depicted Eric Fenby's life as Delius's amanuensis. The music appears in the film, along with other Delius works. - เพลง
![Frederick Delius: The Song of the High Hills [Eric Fenby]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qzvxM_qUtmk/mqdefault.jpg)
Gee, I hardly even heard of this guy before! What a genius! And from Bradford!!!
Delius has never been widely played, and probably never will be. Just too refined for the concert hall. This is the best way to listen. At home, with nothing else to distract you.
The constant style of Delius is here: a light and delicate orchestra, which does not avoid fortissimi, but plays usually in a delicate mix of woodwinds, horns ans strings; attractive melodies, or rather cells which avoid the amplitude of romantic themes; free link of chords, who never trouble the tonal meaning of the music but avoid academic cadenzas. All this is very pleasnt to hear. It satisfies both the ear and the heart. Some fortissimos happen sometimes, to give some relief to the music. Why don't we hear more often Delius in our music rooms?
Luxuriating in this music right now, which is filling my home. To heck with the neighbours!
this feels like floating down a stream on a warm summer's day in a glade filled with greenery and flowers and sunlight streaming in from between the leaves of the weeping willow trees
Humbling . . . . that such has been created. So grateful that you have made it available.
His melody takes me back to my childhood summers. So beautiful!
I got here because Nick Drake told his producer Joe Boyd and arranger Harry Robinson that he wanted "River Man" to sound like Delius. Now I'm addicted to both Drake and Delius!
Just magnificent- I have loved Delius since my childhood, and Sir John's directorship is flawless here.
A dream in the senses... Wonderful to hear - thank you for posting!
+philip rostek You're welcome Philip!
ah, it's divine! serene!
Breathtaking and masterful
Genius
When I think of Delius, I also think of Walton and Elgar, my favorite of the modern Brittish composers, modern but with a definite romantic flavor. Menuhin did not premiere his music but was one of the few major soloists to perform and keep his music going, I also read somewhere they were friends and even neighbors. One generation later violinist Tasmin Little has become a specialist in the music of the great modern composers of Brittan, there is much to discover following her recorded discography and well worth exploring.
Frederick Delius is a British citizen who was born in Bradford, but his parents or roots are completely in Germany. Just like Jean-Baptiste Lully is not French but Italian with French citizenship and his civil name is Giovanni Battista Lulli.
I love Delius. So much Debussy in there.
+bubffm Yes, and this is such a great piece too!
so wonderful 2 have this score 2 follow while listening 2 one of my favorite Delius works
Delius is not widely popular but his fans are stalwart, including me.
I know this piece well & have listened to many renditions. This took me by surprise; suddenly my breath caught in my throat and tears came to my eyes. Each note is given its delicate due, rather like Gould performing Bach. Beecham has always been my touchstone for Delius; here I think he is for once surpassed. Thank you for posting.
5:20 is still one of the mot sublime examples of tension-resolution i have ever heard
Ohhhh I am here from Kate Bush's song Delius (Song of Summer) Interesting 🤔
BookOwl me too!
Me too
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Me too :)!
Frederic Delius Festival at Rollins College Annually!
Delius wrote this music while totally blind and paralyzed; dictating note by note to Eric Fenby. It remains mind boggling to me as to how any man could have the will to do this!
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Jazz harmony sometimes...like Bill Evans or Duke Ellington. Quartal voiced extensions.
Where
I wish Delius used more key signatures in his scores so that we won't be confused as to what key this piece is in..............beautiful nonetheless.
a very mediocre creation
What a mediocre comment go find your heart
That mediocre kate bush wrote a song about it ..what a tool you are
Malik Chaney most savage high brow classical insult! I love it!
@@malikrox Your answer is so absurdly out of proportion I feel inclined to agree with him.
How on earth can this be MEDIOCRE you troll??!!