Benjamin Nicholas and Presto’s David Smith delve into the stories behind the compositions on Delphian’s album Orchestral Anthems,released on 30 May 2025. Read the full interview here.

‘ Beyond solos on a flute, clarinet or a trumpet (or tuba) you cannot really recreate the sounds of the orchestra, and so I think that the best approach is to make it work as well as it can as an organ piece…In terms of the construction of the Magnificat, Brahms’ 2nd Symphonywas clearly an inspiration to Stanford. The restraint in the orchestration, making much of the wind, gives a classical feel to the sound… ’ —Nicholas  on Stanford’s Canticles in A