It echoes a cheerful, omnipresent theme, which is hopeful and majestic in all instrument layers. 'Jupiter, the bringer of Jollity', is pretty much the opposite. The persistent drum rolls and trumpets add to its military character. About 'Mars, the bringer of War', it is often thought that Holst wrote it in response to World War I, something he himself always kept denying. The full orchestral suite has seven movements, each bearing the name of a planet from our solar system.
It was considered his most famous work, a notion Holst himself found difficult to agree with. No fewer than seven traditional, English folk melodies are incorporated in the four-movement suite.Īlso by Gustav Holst is The Planets (1915), originally written for symphonic orchestra. The second Suite (1911), in F Major, which he wrote a few years later, also contains references to folk music. The theme, which consists of eight measures, is unmistakably reminiscent of a folk song, but was indeed by Holst himself. The first Suite in E-flat Major (1909) consists of three movements, each with its own identity.
Part of the repertoire of just about every wind band are the two Suites for Military Band by Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Rodrigo Fernandes Marques: Portugese Rapsodie Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront Suite Gustav Holst: The Planets (Mars - Jupiter)Īaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band nr.
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