THE Second Violin
Sonata by Delius, one of his later compositions, is a work which does not demand great intellectual effort (though some effort is necessary for its full understanding). Even if one does not choose to regard it as one of his greatest works, it has much charm, and one could hardly choose a better work to play to anyone who wishes to learn to understand the least revolutionary of ' modern ' music.
This is, surely, music of which beauty is the chief characteristic. There arc no great contrasts, but the work is rather a continuous, quiet dialogue between Violin and Piano, which only occasionally grows animated.