Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
1 think it's sad today that people don't play the better part of my father's music ... his orchestration was superb. I doubt whether many composers today could orchestrate in the way that he did.
(AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR)
ROBIN RUSSELL tells the composer's story and introduces records of his music.
Solo pianist CHRISTINA WARD Producer RONALD COOK i Repeated: Tuesday 11.5 am)
(His Clarinet Quintet: Wed R3
4.5)
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