Eric Coates: The London Works

I was glancing at Geoffrey Self’s fine biography of Eric Coates the other day. Looking at the index revealed a fair few works that were inspired by London. Some of them are exceptionally well-known, but a few of them are rare. One or two of them may be about the Capital or might refer to another part of the country:-

From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: In the Country, A Song by the Way and Evening in Town

London Everyday Suite (later became the famous London Suite): Covent Garden, Westminster and the Knightsbridge March

London Bridge March

The Man-about-Town (from the Three Men Suite)

London Again Suite: Oxford Street, Langham Place and Mayfair Valse

Footlight: Concert Valse (the West End?)

London Calling March

Holborn March

On the Mall (unpublished)

'In Town': Song with words by Dorothy Dickinson

Most of these works are available on CD, however On the Mall and In Town would appear to remain unrecorded.