Prom 4: Brian 鈥� Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'

17 Jul 2011, Royal Albert Hall

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Proms 2011 Prom 4: Brian 鈥� Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'

19:00 Sun 17 Jul 2011 Royal Albert Hall

Over a thousand performers gathered for a rare performance of Brian鈥檚 gargantuan work, 鈥楾he Gothic鈥�.

Programme

- - Havergal Brian
  - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic'(110 mins)

Performers

Susan Gritton
soprano
soprano
Christine Rice
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty
tenor
tenor
Alastair Miles
bass
bass
CBSO Youth Chorus
Eltham College Boys' Choir
Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs
Bach Choir
91热爆 National Chorus of Wales
Brighton Festival Chorus
C么r Caerdydd
Huddersfield Choral Society
London Symphony Chorus
91热爆 Concert Orchestra
91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins
conductor
conductor

Composers

Havergal Brian

About this event

This season's sequence of Choral Sundays kicks off with arguably the grandest statement in British music, Havergal Brian's 'The Gothic', a gargantuan work that earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'.

Completed in the 1920s but unplayed until 1961, its most famous outing came in 1966, when Sir Adrian Boult presided over a 91热爆-sponsored rendition at the Royal Albert Hall.

Its Proms debut features not one but two orchestras and a raft of choirs. Even Mahler never contemplated a work on quite this scale, although he too found inspiration in Goethe's Faust.

There will be no interval

Due to the staging and production requirements for 'The Gothic' on Sunday, Prom 4 will have limited Promming capacity. For this Prom we will not sell to the Arena or Gallery day queues until 20 minutes before the concert, subject to availability.