As a lover of all music I am also a fan of classical music as well and am particularly fond of the ‘Florida Suite’ by Delius.
I first came across this when I was at east 15 drama school in 1989 and as part of our homework over the Christmas holidays we were required to research the history and times surrounding Oscar Wilde’s plays. Back then there was no Internet and so I went to the music library and asked for music recorded during the time and was given this. I listened to it on my stereo and loved it every since.
During one of our classes we were asked to share the music we had found and I handed the ‘Florida Suite’ to Michael Rowland (who was our music teacher and all round musical super talent) and we listened to it! Michael explained that Delius had written this work when a young man and it had not been ‘released’
(if that is the word) at the time and because of this some of the music had been re used in Delius’s opera ‘Koanga’ in 1904 which was a much more famous work at the time. This piece is from ‘Koanga’ and is slightly different to the music in the Florida Suite but remains one of my favourite pieces by Delius.
When Kerry was pregnant with Ophelia we played this music every day as well as ‘The Sinfonia Concertante’ by Mozart as we lay on the bed and watched our first baby grow and (eventually ‘move’) prior to her putting in an appearance! We hoped that playing her some great music would help her appreciate it when she grew up and whether or not you believe that playing music to unborn babies helps them develop musical talent she does play the violin.
Now listen to the song….
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