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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Delius Inspired
BBC Radio 3's spotlight will be briefly hanging over Bradford a little later this year as the 'Delius Inspired' music festival takes place. The Festival Director, Tasmin Little, and her team have organised an array of music related to the life and work of Bradford's most famous serious composer.
The festival promises to be of interest to people of a great many different musical backgrounds - the big classical pieces will be aired (mostly live) on Radio 3, but there will also be smaller events that include works of jazz, improvisation and folk music traditions, as well as educational sessions for adults and children. The festival is titled 'Delius Inspired' because it aims to encompass music that is not only penned by Frederick Delius himself but also the music that he claimed to be inspired by and contemporary work that has been inspired by Delius' Yorkshire.
Delius, who was born in Bradford in 1862, actually had German parents and spent most of his life away from his hometown in Yorkshire. After meeting a Brooklyn organist in Florida, Delius moved to Virginia, USA, where he became a piano teacher. His compositions were first known when he was in his late 20's and in the midst of working on them, but he was only really accepted fully by the British public as a talented composer after being praised by the world renowned conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. In his mid-thirties, Delius moved to a small town in France where he lived out most of the rest of his life, dying in that country in 1934. However, the city of Bradford will always consider him one of it's most famous and talented sons.
The Delius Inspired festival kicks off on the 1st July for a week - more specific details such as programming etc can be found here.
The festival promises to be of interest to people of a great many different musical backgrounds - the big classical pieces will be aired (mostly live) on Radio 3, but there will also be smaller events that include works of jazz, improvisation and folk music traditions, as well as educational sessions for adults and children. The festival is titled 'Delius Inspired' because it aims to encompass music that is not only penned by Frederick Delius himself but also the music that he claimed to be inspired by and contemporary work that has been inspired by Delius' Yorkshire.
Delius, who was born in Bradford in 1862, actually had German parents and spent most of his life away from his hometown in Yorkshire. After meeting a Brooklyn organist in Florida, Delius moved to Virginia, USA, where he became a piano teacher. His compositions were first known when he was in his late 20's and in the midst of working on them, but he was only really accepted fully by the British public as a talented composer after being praised by the world renowned conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. In his mid-thirties, Delius moved to a small town in France where he lived out most of the rest of his life, dying in that country in 1934. However, the city of Bradford will always consider him one of it's most famous and talented sons.
The Delius Inspired festival kicks off on the 1st July for a week - more specific details such as programming etc can be found here.
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Delius eh! Sounds an interesting chap this Delius. Doesnt Delius run a pub in the centre of Bradford. Think the pub is called errrm Delius. Delius is a good pub for watching football and eyeing up the student totty, I would rate Delius high up in the pub ratings too!
Anyway Damo, enough about Delius for the time being. Lets talk about spiders and Google ;)
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Anyway Damo, enough about Delius for the time being. Lets talk about spiders and Google ;)
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