Light Music Gems | Colin's Column

Leroy Anderson’s Belle of the Ball; Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops (recorded 1962).

Jul 27, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Leroy Anderson...

Morton Gould’s ‘Pavanne’ (from American Symphonette No.2); Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (October 1, 2016).

Jul 26, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Morton Gould (1913-96) The trumpeter is Hunter Eberly. Regarding Edward’s Nielsen 2 comment (below), here is Morton Gould’s Chicago recording of it, with film of a stylus cutting through the vinyl (happy...

Eric Coates’s By the Sleepy Lagoon [Desert Island Discs signature tune]: the composer conducts.

Jul 26, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Roy Plomley, 1914-85, the creator and first presenter of BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs, from January...

Another Light Music gem: Anthony Collins’s Vanity Fair; Vernon Handley & the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Jul 26, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Anthony Collins (1893-1963) Thanks to pjl for the...

The other side of the Sidney Torch 78 (Haydn Wood) – Vivian Ellis’s Coronation Scot [Paul Temple music]

Jul 25, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Videos

Vivian Ellis (1903-96) Haydn Wood’s ‘The Horse Guards – Whitehall’ (from London Landmarks); Sidney Torch conducting the Queen’s Hall Light...

Haydn Wood’s ‘The Horse Guards – Whitehall’ (from London Landmarks); Sidney Torch conducting the Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra.

Jul 25, 2021 | Light Music Gems, Ramblings, Videos

Haydn Wood (1882-1959) With thanks to Andrew Keener. If I look in my late father’s radiogram, I think I’ll find this very 78 rpm record. Update: November 30, 2024 – This 78 now resides with Andrew, the best home it could...

Leroy Anderson’s Belle of the Ball; Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops (recorded 1962).

Morton Gould’s ‘Pavanne’ (from American Symphonette No.2); Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (October 1, 2016).

Eric Coates’s By the Sleepy Lagoon [Desert Island Discs signature tune]: the composer conducts.

Another Light Music gem: Anthony Collins’s Vanity Fair; Vernon Handley & the BBC Concert Orchestra.

The other side of the Sidney Torch 78 (Haydn Wood) – Vivian Ellis’s Coronation Scot [Paul Temple music]

Haydn Wood’s ‘The Horse Guards – Whitehall’ (from London Landmarks); Sidney Torch conducting the Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra.

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