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  First Suite in E flat - Gustav Holst arr. Phillip Littlemore

  Although 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, on 23rd June 1920. There are three movements in the suite: Chaconne, Intermezzo and March. Holst himself said "As each movement is founded on the same phrase, the suite be played right through without a break." 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. The Intermezzo is light and brisk and features many soloistic passages. The March consists of two themes, the opening is a light march contrasted with a longer, more lyrical second theme. The movement concludes with both themes superimposed on one an another.This brass band arrangement includes the section omitted from the first movement of the Sydney Herbert transcription. Duration: 10'Difficulty: 2nd Section and above

  Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days
  
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  FIRST SUITE IN E FLAT (Holst) (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Holst, Gustav - Herbert, Sydney

  Includes:ChaconneIntermezzoMarch

  Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  
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  FIRST SUITE IN E FLAT (Holst) (Brass Band - Score only) - Holst, Gustav - Herbert, Sydney

  Includes:ChaconneIntermezzoMarch

  Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  
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  First Suite in E Flat - Gustav Holst

  Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
  
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  £74.95

  

  First Suite in E Flat (Holst) (Brass Band - Score and Parts)

  Includes:ChaconneIntermezzoMarch

  Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  
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  Mars, The Bringer of War - Gustav Holst arr. Phillip Littlemore

  Holst first became interested in astrology around 1912/13 and so began the gestation for a series of pieces that would ultimately become the suite The Planets.The suite itself was written between 1914 and 1916 and with the exception of Mercury, which was written last, Holst wrote the music in the sequence we now know them, and thus did not present the inner planets of Mercury, Venus and Mars in their planetary order. So, in 1914, came the insistent rhythmic tread of Mars, The Bringer of War. It is widely known that the sketches were completed prior to the outbreak of the First World War, so the music is less a reaction the the declaration of war itself, but more an impending sense of inevitability of a war to unfold. Even though Holst would not have known whether war would be declared as he wrote the music, it is almost certain that the news at the time would have had some influence on the music itself. Its insistent 5/4 rhythm, coupled with the winding melody line, the juxtaposition of keys such as D flat and C major all point to a sense of foreboding.Duration: 7'20"Difficulty: 2nd Section and above

  Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days