Vivian Ellis - Coronation Scot

[aardvaarkisgood]

So so evocative of the fifties for me

[flammasherman]

Was there ever a more evocative piece of music denoting it's title !.A masterpiece along with Eric Coates Knightsbridge March.In my all time Top 50 pieces of music that make you feel better !.

[stepheng1483]

Great piece of music.

[MartinPadderborn]

Nostalgia affects any generation, even those who experience good times, but for me, this recalls a wonderful period when, despite the hardships of my parents times, life was well worth living for a boy.

[Glinkaism1]

This kind of music makes life worth living! Thanks for posting this, amigo!

[ValleyBoySE7]

I have the piano arrangement of this piece which has the big mistake on the front cover - a picture of Mallard!

Terrific piece of music, perfectly suited to the locomotive

[ThomastheE2engine]

@ValleyBoySE7 could i have a copy of it please?

[seftonwallet]

@ValleyBoySE7 Yes, I have the same one, framed on the wall of my music/nostalgia room.

I spotted the error but bought the music anyway.

However, I do have an original painting of the locomotive on our dining room wall.

You can see it if you go to my video of Glen Miller's Moonlight Serenade.

[hjalmarChristiansson]

And it was the music of the Paul Temple Mysteries from BBC Radio.

[silverdalesapphires]

There are two "back-stories" to this piece. The ironic part is that, although it celebrates the LMS's high-profile express, Ellis later recalled in a BBC interview that he actually wrote it on a Great Western journey from Paddington.  (Oh well, Sir William Stanier learnt a load of good stuff during his time at the GWR!

Originally, Ellis was commissioned to some "Eastern Music" which he actually detested, so he "moved the goalposts" and (lucky for us) he wrote "Coronation Scot" instead!

[sammyb1929]

this song is from 1937 it went with the coronation scot streamlined train news reel

[friscolobo]

Love the light music from the 40's

[Glenn1967ful]

A real British great from the days when you could just imagine when the Royal Scot was struggling up Shap summit but always made it on time to Carlisle,

[marivor58]

There is a snippet of this in ELOs 2007 performance of 10538 overture. Nice touch.

[Glenn1967ful]

It seems to remind one of valve radios tuned to the Light Programme, the BBC Television interlude and black and white films.

[Glenn1967ful]

Coronation Scot, apart from images of steam trains on Shap Summit, also conjures up images of valve radios, a BBC announcer saying " this is the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra" and the fifties in general.

[Glenn1967ful]

I always likjed British light classics and this seems to remind you of the BBC Light Programme in the fifties.

[littlegiant18794]

wonderful music about a wonderful train

[legionbandmaster]

This piece wasn't written about the coronation scot, it was actually written on the Cornish Riviera Express and the views he saw whilst on the train. But obviously that would not be a 'catchy' tiltle, so he changed it to Coronation Scot.

[BhanuHabbo]

Wait,so Vivian's a man?

[charade97]

@BhanuHabbo Yes, Vivienne is a woman