The Potteries town has commissioned a mural of its historic notables,.
They include the England goalkeeper Gordon Banks, the singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, the V&A Museum director Tristram Hunt and… the cult composer Havergal Brian.
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Gothic news.
Here is a Brian piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu-7riJ7AaI&list=RDlu-7riJ7AaI&start_radio=1
A kind of English Richard Strauss, and as good.
Yes, it is indisputable that Havergal Brian was the finest classical composer from Stoke on Trent.
Only of a part of Stoke on Trent: the Trentham area.
Not a great composer, but his Sinfonia Tragica bears repeated listening.
I think he was a top second class composer.
Does anyone know who the clarinet player in running gear is?
Apparently Kendo Nagasaki is on the mural somewhere. I was lucky enough to come across him (or rather, Peter Thornley, the man behind the mask) a few years ago. An absolute gentleman who will bring back fond memories of “World of Sport” on Saturday afternoons for those of us of a certain age.