Organization

Conductor

John Wilson

BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra

An Afternoon of Eric Coates

Salford

United Kingdom

An Afternoon of Eric Coates: The 3 Bears Coates (+6 More)

Public

The 3 Bears

Footlights, Concert Valse

I Sing To You

From Meadow to Mayfair, Suite

Rediffusion March

Under the Stars

Four Centuries

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Countertenor

Singer

Soprano

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

In the years between the two World Wars, Eric Coates cemented his reputation as a master of light music. Direct in its appeal, Coates’s music sweeps the listener up with an ease which is underpinned by the craftsmanship of a great musical mind.

Coates’s music would have been very familiar to radio audiences of his day, and the charming I Sing to You was first broadcast on the BBC General Forces Programme in March 1940. His Footlights: Concert Valse (1939) had its first outing as a BBC broadcast with the composer himself conducting.

We also hear one of Coates’s phantasies, a lively tone poem, The Three Bears. Coates’s phantasies were inspired by the stories that his wife read aloud to their son Austin, and this lovely piece, based on the children’s story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, is dedicated to Austin, on his fourth birthday.

Coates’s appreciation of nature is obvious in many of his works and his From Meadow to Mayfair Suite, in three movements begins with the joyful Rustic Dance, so evocative of countryside merrymaking under summer skies. Then we journey through a lush romance, A Song by the Way, to spend an Evening in Town. Indeed, Coates loved the energy and bustle of London, and he and his wife were keen dancers. Today we finish with the Four Centuries Suite, which is dedicated to My Dear Wife, and is a beautiful study of dancing styles through the ages.

English

An Afternoon of Eric Coates by Coates, E. F. H., Wed 15 Mar 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor John Wilson

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