A Song of the High Hills

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A Song of the High Hills is a work for chorus and orchestra by Frederick Delius. Composed in 1911, it was first performed under the direction of Albert Coates in London on February 26, 1920. The piece is symphonic, and uses the chorus mainly as a background. Delius explained that

I have tried to express the joy and rapture felt in the High Mountains and to depict the lonely melancholy of the highest altitudes of the wide expanses. The vocal parts typify Man in Nature.

[edit] Reference

  • David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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