A studio performance of the music drama by Delius after the novel by Gottfried Keller
Frederick Sharp (broadcasts by arrangement with Sadler's Wells)
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham. Bt.
The action of the opera takes place at Seldwyla, Switzerland, in the middle of the nineteenth century
Part 1
Scene 1: A hillside at the junction of the farmers' fields
Scene 2: Outside Marti's house, six years later
Scene 3: The overgrown land in the hills