Programme
- Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic'(110 mins)
Performers
- Susan Grittonsoprano
- Christine Ricemezzo-soprano
- Peter Autytenor
- Alastair Milesbass
- Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Composers
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 ´óÏó´«Ã½-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.