MUSIClassical ALLEGRO
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"Brigg Fair" is an English folk song. It is best known in a choral arrangement by Percy Grainger and a subsequent set of orchestral variations by Frederick Delius. In 1907, Delius heard the setting and was impressed by both the tune and the arrangement. With Grainger's permission, Delius used the song as the basis of an orchestral work. The first public performance was in Liverpool, on 18 January 1908, under Granville Bantock. There was an earlier private performance in 1907 shortly after completion in Basle under the direction of Hermann Suter. The work was dedicated to Grainger, who claimed to have suggested the form, which he described as in the manner of a passacaglia. 
