Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Symphony no. 1 in D minor 'The Gothic'

A work scheduled to last nearly two hours could be excused for starting with a long slow build up, but Havergal Brian’s massive Gothic Symphony (the longest symphony ever composed) bursts onto the scene with a brisk and bustling march-like flourish, contrasted briefly with a delicate violin solo that reminds us that this is very much an English composition.