Delius - La Calinda - Koanga

[christina2912]

Fantastic Music!!!

[Stryker146]

Sublime.

[gvahey9]

I heard it first as a schoolboy during the war with German bombs exploding all around us, but we all kept listening, as a way out of the terror we were experiencing then.

[NoriWakameKonbu]

Great composer!

[Cee6th]

I can't understand why you call this piece unknown. I first heard it on BBC radio

when I was ten, Since then I have heard it dozens of times. It comes from his

opera Koanga, it is also heard in one of the four movements of his Florida suite.

A beautiful piece of music, listen and enjoy!

[artymowycz]

@Cee6th Ask someone if they've heard of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, they will probably know what you're talking about. Ask them about Delius or La Calinda and you'll probably get a blank stare with some shaking of the head.

[Stryker146]

@artymowycz More fool them then. They are missing out on something wonderful.

[steeeeevve]

La Calinda is not unknown!

[steeeeevve]

Delius Viola Sonata now on YT!

[MrDayday58]

Wonderful to find this, I love this piece, first heard it in School Essembly in the Juniors in the 1960's. Our Teacher who was also the School music teacher would play the record on the School Gramaphone. Reminds me of my holidays and all the people I have met in the past half century. Beautiful piece by Delius.

[TheRobertTaggart]

Exquisite. Begs this question - why did Delius write so much 'dirge' ?

[goldie0800]

Oh my, I've just come across this charming 'La Calinda' by Delius - a happy discovery tonight! It has been a lifelong favourite of mine ever since I first heard it many years ago. Thanks so much for posting it.

[KiyoKenshin]

i want to play this so bad. I need the clarinet part! :D

[bobareebop]

I have heard this piece several times never knowing who wrote it. Lovely.

[Ynot1666]

I meant my last comment as a tongue in cheek reply to Madacus but it didn't hook to that posting. This is the very first orchestral piece I remember hearing as a child, and it sparked my lifelong interest interest in music. Unknown? - no way! I still love it after 60 years. I agree that Beecham was the greatest interpreter of Delius. I have a lot of his recordings on vinyl.

[valdengo1]

....found the Beecham recording 15 years ago, it is far more intense, enjoyable, climactic and enjoyable

[BexLou68]

@Madacus 2 - Sir Thomas Beecham was a conductor not a composer?

[eastindiaman]

played a tad too slow - this music I have on a 78 rpm disc, and it is 'lighter' and faster - the music runs away with itself. But nonetheless, I do like this version as well

[piratehyde]

The oboeist in this performance has a very clear lovely tone for this piece!

[MrBigbrother93]

does somebody know the chords the orchestra plays from 1:05 to 1:17 ???

please thx

[MrMusic1983]

This isn't an unknown piece by Delius - it's very well known...one of the few works of his that has such a status!

[TedRob1958]

Such fond memories, my daughter called it fairy music, and danced around the lounge aged 4 to this. Delius was a great romantic and a great composer you can see the colours of his imagination throughout this piece

[RebbbyB]

@TedRob1958 I thought it was rather fairy like too. Which is one of the reasons I enjoy listening to it. It puts me in a happy, dreamy mood. And I'm 16. xD

[fagelsinnet]

Such a beautiful piece! Thanks for sharing!

[jrakg]

Sir Thomas Beecham served this up in three and a half minutes, and observed much greater dynamic contrasts. - John Austin, Australia

[madacus2]

Your right. But It's not a contest. Deliius and his music, That's what counts. All else is interpretation. In his lifetime Beedham wrote nothing.

[Ynot1666]

What did he write afterwards?  :-)

[mossfitz]

Delius is such a sensualist that his melodies often recall good old music-hall songs. I´d been listening to him for years before noticing.

[musicgeeeky]

We play this in our school orchestra, but actually quite a bit slower (and thats not just cos we can't play it) Im 1st oboe for it, the oboe solo bit at the start is lovely :D

[EarthaticFan]

very beautiful piece. thank for posting

[moosatious]

I know this piece quite well. I have the Groves commercial recording of the complete opera, and another LP set of a "live" performance of the complete opera. This is from the wedding scene (between two slaves in the old South) of the opera. The tempo here is extremely slow. But hearing it, I feel I might like to hear it even a tad slower! It a great accomplishment for a conductor to take a slow tempo and really make it work. Anyone know who that is? I'd be inclined to guess Barbirolli???

[sofiaclassic91]

VERY BEAUTIFUL!

This composition is brilliance. I am interested to hear the rest from the composer himself!

[JLGGG908]

mmm iteresante