THE WALK TO THE
Although
considered quintessentially an English composer, Delius
was born (in Bradford) of German parents and lived most of his life in
The ever-popular
The Walk to the Paradise Garden was written in 1907 as an orchestral
interlude between the penultimate scenes to his opera, A Village Romeo and
Juliet. The opera tells the story of
two lovers torn apart by a petty family feud, who ultimately commit suicide on
the lake of the
Programme notes by Jonathan Hodgetts
www.SalisburySymphonyOrchestra.org.uk