Published: 14 November 2011
Category: Artists

On November 28 Hyperion Records will release the live recording of Martyn Brabbins conducting Brian’s Gothic Symphony at the BBC Proms, with a fine line-up of vocal soloists and titanic forces including two BBC Orchestras.

On 17 July 2011 over 800 performers gathered in London’s Royal Albert Hall to give a rare performance of Havergal Brian’s Symphony No 1 in D minor—‘The Gothic’. Tickets for this Prom sold out within 24 hours, and so it is fitting that this recording is now available to all.

“The performance did what was humanly possible against almost inhuman odds.”
Edward Seckerson, The Independent

“Brabbins and his hordes did a truly magnificent job, and those who were there are unlikely to forget the experience.”
Andrew Clements, The Guardian

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