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BBC Proms: 2011: Proms Plus Choral Sundays

BBC Proms: 2011: Proms Plus Choral Sundays: Havergal Brian's Choral Symphony

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Music: Classical: Choral

Havergal Brian's Choral Symphony

17/07/2011

2011

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Sarah Walker presents an introduction to Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony.

Sarah Walker presents an introduction to Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

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Live from the Royal College of Music, London

Sarah Walker presents the first in a series of live introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is explored with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing live extracts from the work. 

Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is a work like no other: It calls for two orchestras, multiple choirs and soloists plus brass bands, and at almost two hours long is in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'. Sarah Walker will look at the inspirations behind the work, and introduce listeners to Brian's distinctive musical sound-world.

BBC Proms: 2011

Proms Plus Choral Sundays

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 117th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays

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