Holst
First Choral Symphony 48’
interval
Delius
Brigg Fair 16’
Elgar
Enigma Variations 32’
Susan Gritton soprano
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Atherton conductor
Concluding our weekend marking the 75th anniversaries of the deaths of Delius, Elgar and Holst, David Atherton conducts the first Proms performance of Holst’s First Choral Symphony, plus Delius’s Brigg Fair and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Susan Gritton returns later this season as the seductive Dalila in Handel’s Samson (Prom 47).