Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod charts the collaboration between Delius and the eccentric and ebullient composer Percy Grainger who, in spite of their contrasting characters, formed a close bond through their shared love of freedom, landscape and wild beauty. Trad: Brigg Fair Joseph Taylor (singer) Trad arr. Grainger: Brigg Fair James Gilchrist (tenor) The Halle Chorus James Burton (conductor) (Delius): Brigg Fair The Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) The Streamlet's Slumber Song The Elysian Singers of London Matthew Greenall (conductor) Hassan: Incidental music from Act 2 Brian Raynor Cook (baritone) Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Chorus Vernon Handley (conductor) Dance Rhapsody No 1 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Norman del Mar (conductor).