WALTER GLYNNE (tenor)
THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section C)
(Led by MARIE WILSON ) '
Conducted by ERIC COATES
ORCHESTRA
Symphonic Rhapsody No. I Rhythm (Suite, Four Ways)
WALTER GLYNNE AND ORCHESTRA
Pepita
ORCHESTRA
Fantasy, Cinderella
WALTER GLYNNE
Ship of Dream
Rise up and reach the stars Stars and a Crescent Moon
ORCHESTRA
Suite, London Every Day i. Covent Garden (Tarantetle) ; 2. Westminster (Meditation); 3. Knightsbridge (March)
A PROGRAMME wholly devoted to the music of Eric Coates is becoming a familiar broadcast. Unless, however, Coates's music were not immensely and deservedly popular, such programmes would not, of course, be justified. The deduction is obvious. A brilliant student of the Royal Academy of Music, where his principal instrument was the viola, 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 the Queen's Hall Orchestra he had a good deal of his own orchestral music produced at its Promenade and other concerts. Since 1919 he has practically given up playing, and has devoted himself to composition. Much of his music is in lighthearted vein, graceful and melodious, and all marked by thoroughly sound workmanship. The names of his best-known Suites indicate quite clearly the direction in which he is happiest- The
Countryside, Summer Days, Wood Nymphs , The Merrymakers : his music does indeed illustrate in a fresh and wholesome way the sunnier aspects of the world. His later Suites, however v are not all of rural joys, and show his fancy to be versatile.