Eric Coates-the man and his music
A programme of gramophone records presented by Sam Heppner
A brilliant student of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied the viola and composition, Eric Coates soon found himself in the front rank of players, and was for some years principal viola of the Queen's Hall Orchestra. He was a distinguished chamber-music player, too. While still a member of Queen's Hall Orchestra he had a good deal of his own orchestral music produced at the Promenade and other concerts. Since 1919 Coates has devoted himself to composition and conducting. His new march, ' 'Calling All Workers', was first broadcast at the end of August.