Gustav Holst

La suite orchestrale Les Planètes de Gustav Holst est considérée comme l?une des œuvres classiques du XXe siècle dont la palette sonore est la plus complète. Jupiter Hymn de Robert van Beringen est basé sur le quatrième mouvement de la suite consacré à Jupiter celui qui apporte la Gaîté.

These four early and unperformed part-songs are among a number of vocal works which Imogen Holst edited shortly before her death in 1984.

Gustav Holst's The Wandering Scholar a one-act chamber opera for Baritone Soprano Tenor Bass and Orchestra. Edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst. Full score and Orchestral parts are availble for hire. The Wandering Scholar Holst’s last opera was written in 1929-30 and was first performed in The David Lewis Theatre Liverpool in 1934 conducted by Dr. J. E. Wallace and produced by Frederick Wilkinson. This was a few months before Holst’s death and he was too ill to go to the performance. He had no chance to revise the score which has remained unpublished until now. He leftseveral pencil queries in the margins such as ‘Tempo?’ ‘More?’ ‘More harmony?’ etc. And in one of his note-books he left queries about several words in the libretto which he had doubts about. The editors have answered these queries by making some alterations in speed and dynamics and by suggesting metronome marks throughout the work. They have also made several alterations in the libretto which they feel that Holst might have made himself if he had had the chance to revise the work with his friend Clifford Bax.

One of the most moving melodies ever written is this well-known theme from Holsts ?Jupiter?(from The Planets). Paul Murtha has beautifully adapted this for the beginning level through skillful scoring and careful pacing. Dur: 1:50

Jupiter’s Theme is probably the best known of melodies from the Gustav Holst epic orchestral work The Planets. This arrangement for string quartet will bring a feel of patriotism to any concert as it is also the melody to ‘I Vow To Thee My Country’.

Gustav Holst's The Heart Worships set here for Voice In D Minor and Piano accompaniment by Alice Buckton.

From The Planets-Jupiter Hymn est un arrangement délicieusement accessible du quatrième mouvement extrait du poème symphonique en sept mouvements The Planets (Les Planètes) de Gustave Holst : Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity (Jupiter celui qui apporte la gaieté). Holst s?inspira de notre système solaire lorsqu?il composa cette suite l?une de ses ?uvres les plus connues donnant à chacun des mouvements sa propre couleur. Holst écrivit Les Planètes au début du XXe siècle employant une certaine signature alors inhabituelle (mesures à 5/4) faisant appel à de nombreuses dissonances et une instrumentation atypique.

In 1921 Holst was commissioned to write a piece without much notice for a dance company in Chicago however the piece was never performed despite Holst's unsucessful attempts.