None of the 10 pieces of Delius in this chronological selection is very substantial. The longest works are the nine-minute American Rhapsody, of 1896, (which six years later was expanded into the ...

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Frances Fyfield ends this series of Tales from the Stave with a look forward to the new year in the form of Delius' orchestral favourite 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'. Now one of the most ...

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (in binaural sound) (Prom 13)Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (in binaural sound) (Prom 13) ...

Lowri Blake explores the history of well-known pieces of music. On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius is considered a perfect evocation of a spring morning in England. However, ...

BBC Four has commissioned award-winning film-maker John Bridcut to produce an authored musical profile of Frederick Delius, the composer of On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring and La Calinda, as ...

Frances Fyfield and her team explore Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring ...

Born in England to German parents, Frederick Delius spent formative periods in the United States and France (where he eventually settled). But Norway was crucial to his development, both personally - ...

No other composer polarises opinion like Delius. You either love or loathe his music. And it is rare to find someone who has grown to like it. Although this coming year – the 150th anniversary of his ...

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D minor, 'Land of Hope and Glory' (in binaural sound) (Prom 75) ...

Frances Fyfield and her team are in the British library looking seasonally forward at the sketches for Frederick Delius's orchestral favourite On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Show more Frances ...