Conductor, Sir DAN GODFREY
ROGER SACHEVERELL COKE
(pianoforte)
Relayed from
The Pavilion, Bournemouth
Symphony Concert No. 24 of the 39th
Winter Series
ORCHESTRA
ROGER SACHEVERELL COKE'S Pianoforte Concerto No. 2 in E minor was written in 1933, when the composer was twenty years of age, and has so far received four performances, the first being at the Pump Room, Bath. Mr. Coke left Eton three years ago and has since established himself as a composer and pianist. He has already a number of compositions, including chamber music, to his credit.
The Concerto to be played this afternoon consists of the usual three movements, the music of which, unlike a great deal of contemporary music, is romantic in appeal. The first movement, Fantasy, opens with an introduction in which a motive is heard which becomes one of the principal themes in the movement and makes an appearance both in the ' Romance ' and the ' Caprice '. Thus, the whole work is imbued with a feeling of continuity.