sentences:  On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
  
  On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem composed in 1912 by Frederick Delius; it was first performed in Leipzig on 23 October 1913.It is the first of "Two Pieces for Small Orchestra", the second piece being "Summer Night on the River", although these have for many years existed separately on recordings and in the concert hall.