Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst: Piano Music Choir of Gonville & Caius College 34 No 17 (1933)

34 No 17 (1933)

Today the same choir sings at St James's Palace

Wee Hughie' warms the cockles in its touching simplicity

Recorded on 5-7 March 2007 at Tewkesbury Abbey

tracing a journey through air

Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst: Piano Music Choir of Gonville & Caius College 34 No 17 (1933)SUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Behind the lines of the Western Front, the young Scottish composer Cecil Coles sent his friend and mentor Gustav Holst a score, stained with mud and blood. Only one movement survived: the rest was believed destroyed by enemy action. Four months later Coles himself was killed in battle rescuing injured comrades. James Willshires groundbreaking survey of his piano music reveals a composer finding his voice in pre war