Re: Light Music Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:19 am
Coates' Three Lyric Pieces written for his wife's sister in 1930 have just been recorded together for the first time: https://luminaterecords.com/coates-three-lyric-pieces/MrTchaikovsky wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:57 pm Marvelous!
I can only agree with the post above me; Coates was phenomenal!
Effortless modulations and transitions, an impeccable sense for harmony and melody and first class orchestration come together to form an unmistakable whole no one but him could have written (although stylistic hints from Edward German in the early works are apparent).
It must be admitted that formally his music was not terribly diverse; most of it consists of marches, waltzes and sentimental romances.
Nevertheless, he was very much a petit maître in his own right (this is not a derogative term!), who was in fact close friends with his former classmate Arnold Bax.