An opera in eleven scenes by DELIUS after the novel by J. P. Jacobsen
English version by Philip Heseltine
Maidservants, girls, farm-hands
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
Scene: on and around a Danish fjord about a hundred years ago
1. A spacious room in Claudi's house
2. The lower end of the Claudis' garden, adjoining the fjord
1. Three years later. The veranda of Erik's house on the Mariagerfjord
4. The same. Late in the evening
S. A room in Erik's house. An afternoon in late summer
6. The same room. A grey morning 7. In the beech forest. Autumn
8. A room in Erik's house. Winter
9. A veranda in Erik's house, overlooking the frozen fjord
10. Three years later. Niels' farmyard at Lonborggard. Harvest time. Towards evening
11. Councillor Skinnerup's garden in the following spring first performance in this country