The piece was originally composed for SATB choir and orchestra and dedicated to the students of Morley College, where Holst taught music.
VIEW SCORE PDF Well-known English composer, Gustav Holst (1874-1934) wrote this choral fantasy in 1910, about five years before his renowned orchestral suite, The Planets. Item Code: TPBB-088 Duration: 10' Difficulty: 3rd Section and above In stock: Estimated dispatch 1-3 daysĬhristmas Day (Brass Band) Gustav Holst arr. The movement concludes with both themes superimposed on one an another. The March consists of two themes, the opening a? light march contrasted with a longer, more lyrical second theme. The Intermezzo is light and brisk and features many soloistic passages. Holst himself said “As each movement is founded on the same phrase, the suite be played right through without a break.”? This brass band arrangement includes the section omitted from the first movement of the Sydney Herbert transcription.? The Chaconne begins with a ground bass, repeated throughout the ensemble sixteen times as varying instrumental textures and variations of the theme are layered within it.
There are three movements in the suite: Chaconne, Intermezzo? and March.
First Suite in E flat - Phillip LittlemoreĪlthough completed in 1909, Gustav Holst's First Suite in E flat ?received its official premiere 11 years later at the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall.
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