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Eric Coates (1886-1957): 5/5. Sound and Vision: Coates wishes he hadn't given up cigarettes, flirts with politics and royalty, and starts his film career at age 68.

Eric Coates (1886-1957)

Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.

5/5. Sound and Vision. Coates wishes he hadn't given up cigarettes, flirts with politics and royalty, and starts his film career at age 68. And to finish the week, a rare foray into chamber music and the composer's own favourite work.

Holborn; The Unknown Singer; The Green Land; Sweet Seventeen
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

The Dam Busters
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Impression of a Princess
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

High Flight
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny (conductor)

First Meeting
Michael Ponder (viola)
Eugene Asti (piano)

The Jester at the Wedding
Orchestra conducted by Coates.

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Fri 28 Dec 2007 20:45

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