Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod explores Delius's final years, when chronic illness would have put an end to his work but for the selfless help given by his assistant Eric Fenby. Prelude No 2 Eric Parkin (piano) Caprice Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) A Song of Summer Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Groves (conductor) Sonata for violin and piano, Op posth. Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) Requiem: The Snow Lingers Yet on the Mountains (1913-14) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) Waynflete Singers Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor).