Some English composers have to be rooted in their native soil. You couldn’t imagine Benjamin Britten or Vaughan Williams living anywhere but England. Frederick Delius was the opposite; he couldn’t ...

It's just the right time of year for a festival celebrating the music of Frederick Delius. As the evenings get longer and a drowsy heat lingers in the gardens, the pastoral nostalgia of Delius seems ...

Posterity is perhaps the only enduring test of an artist’s work. Seventy-six years after Delius died, performances of his compositions are being well-received. In particular there is the 2011 CD, ...

Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! The best of London for free. Sign up for our email to enjoy London without spending a thing (as well as some options when ...

Delius: Piano concerto in C minor (original version); Ireland: Legend; Piano concerto in E flat. Piers Lane, Ulster Orchestra, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA67296, full price) HYPERION'S ...

Frederick Delius was born on January 29, 1862 in Bradford, in the north of England. To celebrate his birthday, here's an introduction and biography and some recent Delius recording recommendations ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. These studio performances, with two committed soloists accompanied by the BBC Symphony under Andrew Davis, do not put ...

Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! The best of London for free. Sign up for our email to enjoy London without spending a thing (as well as some options when ...

I’m not a big Delius fan – those exquisitely perfumed miniatures don’t quite do it for me, and the tone poems leave me cold. Shouldn't a composer who led such an interesting life have written more ...

Posterity is perhaps the only enduring test of an artist’s work. Seventy-six years after Delius died, performances of his compositions are being well-received. In particular there is the 2011 CD, ...