Bradford is justly proud of its two most famous artistic sons, though it is significant that both of them headed for the sunnier climes of America at the earliest opportunity - David Hockney to paint swimming pools and Frederick Delius to grow oranges.

Though the composer made only fleeting visits to his home town, the director of the Delius Inspired festival, violinist Tasmin Little, suggests: "If he were growing up in Bradford now, I like to think Delius may not have had to leave the city to fulfil his ambitions."

To this end, Little has constructed a programme that mixes work by Delius and his contemporaries with Indian classical music, jazz and DJ sets. The opening concert was none the less a fairly mainstream compilation of Delius's greatest hits, given by the BBC Philharmonic with a notable starring role for Little herself.

Composed at the midpoint of the first world war, the Violin Concerto is a piece that seems to encapsulate all the best and worst aspects of Delius. On the one hand it is startlingly modern, with angular, Berg-like phrases suddenly leaping out of the lush, pastoral texture, like snares set in an English meadow. On the other, you could simply say that it is a bafflingly inchoate meditation with no clear idea when to stop.

Little is as passionate an advocate for the piece as you'll find, however, and she delivers it with absolute conviction. Programming it alongside the Lark Ascending was probably a mistake, however, as the Vaughan Williams piece provides an object lesson in how to spin evanescent, folksy textures while sticking to the point.

In order to sample the festival's outer edges, I spent some time listening to a set by DJ Disorientalist at the Love Apple bar which didn't, it has to be said, seem to be over-full of Delius fans. It's a nice try, but you wonder if a more apt title for the festival would be Delius Contrived.

· Festival continues until Saturday. Box office: 01274 432000.