Hans Haym in Elberfeld - 1904
from Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908, page 245:
On the other hand Appalachia has grown very dear to me. I have had two orchestral rehearsals of it & am delighted to be performing it. There are some damned high violin passages in it, and the high celli in the Giocoso variation are difficult too. But as I said, I find the whole thing superb and as rich as an entire life. We shall yet live to see Buths agreeing with enthusiasm, just as in the meantime he has become converted to Zarathustra. His critical remarks derive for the most part straight from the schoolroom, e.g. re the repeated theme in Appalachia, first in C then in F, which I … more >>
Delius, and Lionel Carley (ed.), Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908 (), p. 245. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1462040021965 accessed: 14 October, 2024
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Appalachia
written by Delius |
performed by Hans Haym |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1904 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Hans Haym to Frederick Delius, Elberfeld, 1904.