Pre-concert Talk: Coates

Our guest speaker John Pickard explores the evocative sound world of Eric Coates, once dubbed the ‘King of light-music’.

Focusing in particular on the two works to be performed this evening, including Cinderella - which Coates himself believed to be his best work - John looks at Coates’ remarkable career and illuminates the unique compositional voice of this often overlooked champion of the light-music genre.