Delius: Sonata for Strings 3. arr. Eric Fenby.

This Third Movement is entitled ''Late Swallows', it is the third of the four pieces arranged by Eric Fenby to be featured on this channel.
Originally composed for a String Quartet, Eric Fenby's beautiful arrangement of one of the composer's earlier works for a full string Orchestra gives the piece a totally different perspective with the sense of seamless animation taken to the fore.

Frederick Delius - 1862-1934 - An English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he 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.

Note about Eric Fenby :-
In his later years Delius became blind and severely disabled, unable to complete his life's work. In 1928 a music teacher and fellow Yorkshireman from Scarborough offered his services as an amanuensis to the blind and paralyzed composer. This was to allow a radiant Indian Summer in the final years at Grez.. Composing continued with the aid of Eric Fenby taking down the notes, offering his complete devotion to Delius. Fenby also enabled the completing, reshaping and promoting of so much of Delius' previous work. The story has been beautifully told in Ken Russell's iconic film still available on this channel.

Enjoy this sunny rural ramble close to the North Sea coastline complete with flora and fauna in vale and on high.

This is a 'must have' album for all lovers of Delius' music!
Album Info:-
'EMI British Composers' Series - X 2 CDs
'Delius' arrangements and performed by Eric Fenby
Delius - Sonata for Strings arr. Fenby
Eric Fenby conducts the Bournemouth Sinfonietta,
EMI 2006