Albert Ketèlbey - 6 Famous Light Orchestral Works (1915-31)

Albert William Ketèlbey, born Ketelbey; 9 August 1875 – 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music. Works as In a Persian Market (1920), In a Chinese Temple Garden (1923), and In the Mystic Land of Egypt (1931) became best-sellers in print and on records; by the late 1920s he was Britain’s first millionaire composer. Please support my channels: 6 famous light orchestral works 1. In a Chinese Temple Garden (1923) (0:00) 2. In a Monastery Garden (1915) (6:59) 3. Sanctuary of the Heart (1924) (12:34) 4. In a Persian Market (1920) (17:48) 5. In the Mystic Land of Egypt (1931) (24:41) 6. Bells Across the Meadows (1921) (31:14) Prague Festival Orchestra In a Persian Market; became one of his more popular works. The musicologist Jonathan Bellman, calling In a Persian Market “immortal“, describes it as “an ’intermezzo scene&