London Symphony Orchestra the composer conducted, the rest of the programme was conducted by Coates, who overran his rehearsal time at the expense of Elgar's. Lady Elgar wrote, "that brutal selfish ill-mannered bounder ... that brute Coates went on rehearsing." In "The Observer" Newman wrote, "There have been rumours about during the week of inadequate rehearsal. Whatever the explanation, the sad fact remains that never, in all probability, has so great an orchestra made so lamentable an exhibition of itself." Coates remained as chief conductor for two seasons, and after the initial debacle is credited by Morrison with "breathing life and energy into
Final Symphony Philharmonie Reutlingen at the Stadthalle Reutlingen, the "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra" at the "Konserthuset Stockholm" and the Dortmunder Philharmoniker at the Theater Dortmund, among others. On December 13, 2014, Merregnon Studios announced that they would be producing an album for the concert, to be published the following year. Unlike prior Merregnon Studios concert albums, the "Final Symphony" album would not be a recording of one of the performances but would instead be a studio recording of the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, produced especially for the album. The version of the concert recorded was the one used in