Composer of the Week - Eric Coates - Suites for My Sweetheart

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).