Richard Addinsell’s music for the 1942 film The Day Will Dawn carries an elegance that seems especially suited to a late-summer morning. “Tea-Time Music (‘Palms and Fountains’)” belongs to a vanished world of terraces, gardens, hotel orchestras and unhurried conversation.
Heard in August, the music catches a similar tension. Summer remains, but its departure is already perceptible. Mornings are cooler, shadows lengthen and September waits nearby.
