Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod considers Delius's passion for Scandinavian landscape, culture and music, charting the composer's deep friendship with Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. He also looks at how a 16-year-old Peter Warlock came to play a significant role in Delius's career. Sleigh Ride Northern Sinfonia Richard Hickox (conductor) Grieg: In Ola Valley Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring The Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) On Craig Ddu The Elysian Singers of London Matthew Greenall (conductor) In a Summer Garden (arr Warlock) Noriko Ogawa, Kathryn Stott (piano) Life's Dance Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Norman del Mar (conductor).