A proper explanation has still not been given for the cancelled performance of Andrew Gant's A Very British Symphony (The Argus, March 5).
Ivan Rockley's comment that a large proportion of the audience "rather liked the change in programme"
makes no sense, because no one has had a chance to hear the new symphony.
Some people may only want to hear a few well-known standard classics, but that is not what was advertised, and the Brighton Philharmonic surely has a role in broadening, not narrowing, musical tastes.
To suddenly cancel a new work by a composer who had hitherto been highly spoken of needs some explanation and apology.
- Alexander Bruce, Sussex Square, Brighton
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