Opera in six scenes Music by Delius Libretto after a story by GOTTFRIED KELLER
English version by TOM HAMMOND
(gramophone" records)
The story tells of a feud between two neighbouring farmers over a piece of land separating their farms. Like Shakespeare's drama the situation has a direct and tragic bearing on the lives of the son and daughter of the two rival landowners.
JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
The action takes place in Switzerland during the middle of the 19th century. Scenes 1, 2 and 3 2.25* Opera or Symphonic Poem?
A talk by ALAN JEFFRRSON
2.45* A Village Romeo and Juliet
Scenes 4, 5 and 6