Delius, Frederick - Songs - Kenny, Yvonne

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Delius composed sixty-two songs, over half of which are of a Scandinavian flavour—largely as a result of his longstanding
friendship with Edvard Grieg. This wide-ranging recital encompasses the full gamut of his passions:
Norwegian, Danish, French, German and English settings all sit happily within his oeuvre.


Born in Bradford to German parents, Delius spent his formative years escaping from an England which he scarcely
regarded as ‘home’ and from the family business of wool trading. As things turned out, it was the travel involved in the
latter parentally imposed occupation which gave our aspiring composer the opportunity and inspiration to emigrate,
setting up camp first in Sweden and eventually in France.


A young Englishman and self-imposed exile create a heady mix of cultural references which our Anglo-Australian
artistes clearly regard as ‘home territory’: these performances by Yvonne Kenny and Piers Lane are enthralling and draw
the listener in to a world rich in multi-cultural allusion and unashamed beauty.
Yvonne Kenny, soprano

Piers Lane, piano
Frederick Delius

Seven Songs from the Norwegian

1 Twilight Fancies BJØRNSTJERNE BJØRNSON / FANNY COPELAND

2 Young Venevil BJØRNSTJERNE BJØRNSON / PETER PEARS

3 Hidden Love BJØRNSTJERNE BJØRNSON / PETER PEARS

4 The Minstrel HENRIK IBSEN / PETER PEARS

5 The Bird’s Story HENRIK IBSEN / PETER PEARS

6 Cradle Song HENRIK IBSEN / PETER PEARS

7 The Homeward Way AASMUND VINJE / PETER PEARS



8 In the Garden of the Seraglio from Seven Danish Songs JENS PETER JACOBSEN / DELIUS

9 Irmelin Rose from Seven Danish Songs JENS PETER JACOBSEN / FREDERICK DELIUS

10 Il pleure dans mon coeur PAUL VERLAINE

11 Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit PAUL VERLAINE

12 La lune blanche PAUL VERLAINE

13 Chanson d’automne PAUL VERLAINE

14 Summer Eve from Five Songs from the Norwegian JOHN OLAF PAULSEN / W GRIST

15 Longing from Five Songs from the Norwegian THEODOR KJERULF / W GRIST

16 Sunset from Five Songs from the Norwegian ANDREAS MUNCH / W GRIST

17 The nightingale has a lyre of gold WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

18 I-Brasîl FIONA MACLEOD

19 Summer Landscape HOLGER DRACHMANN / FREDERICK DELIUS

20 O schneller, mein Ross EMANUEL GEIBEL

21 Aus deinen Augen fließen meine Lieder HEINRICH HEINE

22 So white, so soft, so sweet is she from Four Old English Lyrics BEN JONSON

23 To Daffodils from Four Old English Lyrics ROBERT HERRICK

24 Love’s Philosophy from Three Shelley Songs PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

25 Summer Nights from Seven Danish Songs HOLGER DRACHMANN / FREDERICK DELIUS