Tag Archives: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Conductor Alwyn unveils blue plaque to Croydon composer

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

A year-long festival to commemorate Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ended on Sunday with the unveiling of a blue plaque at 6 St Leonards Road, the house where he died on September 1 1912. Those attending the ceremony included members of the Dashwood … Continue reading →

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gala concert: Dec 15

Posted on December 13, 2012 by
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Centenary celebrations promise cake, picnics and song

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

There are two key events coming up in the next couple of weeks in the centenary celebrations for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the world-renowned composer who lived in Croydon. On Wednesday, August 15 – 137 years since Coleridge-Taylor’s birth – there’s to … Continue reading →

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From Waddon to Washington DC: Croydon boy’s musical life

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Ahead of centenary concerts to celebrate the life of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, his biographer, JEFFREY GREEN, details the composer’s life in Croydon Theobalds Road was widened by demolishing the houses and shops on the southern side in the mid-1870s, and amongst … Continue reading →

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Croydon Bach Choir to perform Coleridge-Taylor, June 23

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

The next event in the year-long Croydon Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Festival is on Saturday June 23, with a programme performed by the Croydon Bach Choir. They will sing Vivaldi’s Gloria and A Tale of Old Japan by Coleridge-Taylor, the celebrated Croydon-based … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s list of great residents omits David Lean. Why?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

The saddening/maddening thing about Croydon Council is that, when given some of the simplest of tasks in their attempt to promote the borough, they still manage to balls it up. Take, for example, this week’s half-cocked announcement on the council … Continue reading →

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Not much rhyme to Coleridge-Taylor’s lost opera

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

BELLA BARTOCK has returned to Inside Croydon Towers, tiara slightly askew, a couple of pages of tightly-typed copy in her be-gloved hand, after the latest high-brow premiere to be staged at the Fairfield Halls Over the years, I have always … Continue reading →

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Coleridge-Taylor opera to premiere at Ashcroft Theatre

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

The Fairfield Halls is to stage the world premiere of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor‘s long-lost opera Thelma next month. This is the centenary year of Coleridge-Taylor’s death, and Surrey Opera is organising a festival of the work of the Croydon-based composer, whose … Continue reading →

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