Frederick Delius: Appalachia Suite (1902)

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Frederick Delius (1862-1934) was An English composer : ..Delius Appalacia • The Song of the Hills (1902)

1) Appalachia: Introduction I. Molto moderato - Tranquillo
2) Appalachia: Introduction II. Poco più vivo ma moderato
3) Appalachia: Theme. Andante
4) Appalachia: Variation I. Un poco più - Moderato
5) Appalachia: Variation II. Più vivo
6) Appalachia: Variaton III. Molto moderato - Poco più mosso
7) Appalachia: Variation IV. Con moto - Un poco più tranquillo
8) Appalachia: Variation V. Giocoso. Allegro moderato - Meno mosso. Più tranquillo
9) Appalachia: Variation VI. Lento e molto tranquillo - Misterioso. Più mosso - Un poco meno
10) Appalachia: Variation VII. Andante con grazia - Calando
11) Appalachia: Variation VIII. Lento sostenuto e tranquillo - Un poco più
12) Appalachia: Variation IX. Allegro alla marcia - Adagio
13) Appalachia: Variation X. Marcia. Molto lento maestoso
14) Appalachia: Song. L'istesso tempo - Misterioso lento
15) The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance - The great solitude)
16) The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance - The great solitude)
17) The Song of the High Hills: Tempo I - Più mosso ma tranquillo - With exultation (not hurried)

Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, Frederick Delius resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce. He was sent to Florida in the United States in 1884 to manage an orange plantation. There he soon neglected his managerial duties, and in 1886 returned to Europe. Having been influenced by African-American music during his short stay in Florida, he began composing. After a brief period of formal musical study in Germany beginning in 1886, he embarked on a full-time career as a composer in Paris and then in nearby Grez-sur-Loing, where he and his wife Jelka lived for the rest of their lives, except during the First World War.

Appalachia (composed 1902) was the second work to be given this title by Delius, following an 1896 work for orchestra subtitled ‘American Rhapsody’. This later, much more expansive work for large orchestra, baritone soloist, and chorus shares some melodic material with the earlier rhapsody. Both works were inspired by Delius’s experiences living in Florida as a young man.

'Appalachia’ is the old Indian name for North America. The composition mirrors the moods of tropical nature in the great swamps bordering on the Mississippi River, which is so intimately associated with the life of the old negro slave population. Longing melancholy, an intense love of Nature, and an innate delight in singing and dancing are still their most characteristic qualities.

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Welsh National Opera, Chorus and Orchestra.
Sir Charles Mackarras.
Decca - 2012

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