Delius’s epic Mass of Life featuring Sir Mark Elder CH CBE and Roderick Williams OBE released by Lawo Classics
24.10.23A recording of Delius’s choral masterpiece, recorded live from performances in the Grieg Hall, Bergen in September 2022, will be released worldwide on November 24 on the Lawo Classics label. These performances fulfilled a long-held desire on Sir Mark’s part to conduct this great work, and feature Roderick Williams in the huge baritone solo part – one of the greatest achievements in his glittering career.
Delius had close connections with Bergen through his friendship with Edvard Grieg, and it was there that he first read Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra, on which the text for the Mass is based.