Frederick Delius

Paa Vidderne

Auf dem Hochgebirg

Symphonische Dichtung nach Henrik Ibsen

On the Mountains

Symphonic Poem after Henrik Ibsen's Paa Vidderne

Sur les Cimes

Poëme Symphonique d'apres une Poesie de Henrik Ibsen

DCW 26
RT VI/10
DCE 22

Composer: Frederick Delius

The symphonic poem Paa Vidderne shares its inspiration - Ibsen's 1859 poem - with his earlier melodrama of the same name, but other than a motif on the last page of score noted by Threlfall (RT, 131), which also appeared in Over the Hills and Far Away, there is no real musical relationship between the two works. Although the manuscript is dated 1892, the first performance was in 1891 and the work was mentioned in letters as early as 1890. It is possible that some sort of revision process preceded the final dating of the autograph score.

Composition: Between 1890 and 1892.

Allegro, ma non troppo