Afternoon Play - Moeran's Last Symphony

Written by Martyn Wade. A dramatic portrait of the last weeks in the life of the English composer E.J. Moeran [1894-1950]. After the triumphant reception of his first Symphony he was commissioned by the prestigious Halle Orchestra to write a second. Tortured by the end of his marriage to the cellist Peers Coetmore and in constant pain from injuries sustained during the Great War which had driven him to drink, he retreated to Kenmare in Ireland, a place of previous inspiration, hoping this would provide the right setting for creativity. But it was not to be, and his untimely death was both tragic and haunting. Cast: Moeran .....Tim McInnerny Mrs O'Donnell .....Kate Binchy Patrick ..... Sean Froudist Walsh Peers ..... Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Warlock ..... Nicholas Boulton Tomlinson ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Cherry Cookson A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.