Suites for My Sweetheart
Eric Coates (1886-1957): 2/5. Suites for My Sweetheart: Donald Macleod talks to Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young, who reveals how the show's title music by Coates inspires her.
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.
2/5. Suites for My Sweetheart
Coates is forced into a dramatic decision about his future, but suite success is not far away. Donald Macleod also talks to Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young, who reveals how the show's title music, Coates's By the Sleepy Lagoon, continues to inspire her.
Miniature Suite
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
From the Countryside Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
The Merrymakers Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Valse (The Three Bears)
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
Four Ways Suite
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny (conductor)
By the Sleepy Lagoon
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor).
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- Christmas Day 200712:00BBC Radio 3
- Christmas Day 200721:25BBC Radio 3
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