I play the tuba. I have to admit I had some difficulty with the Chaconne, and my favourite part is the march. Also, during the last school year, we played this, Vaughan Williams's sea songs, the orient express and metrognome. In the second term, to complement the repertoire for the 25+25 year anniversary concert of the 25th of April, we were to play one of the previously mentioned songs. We ended up playing the orient express, but this was the runner up in the election.
My husband (clarinet) and I (french horn) played these two Suites by Holst in our high school bands, he went on to play them in the county community band for years. We still listen, hum along, they bring joy every time. Holst and Vaughan- Williams were gifts from the universe.
Holst is and always be my favorite composer. I learned this piece in 9th grade for an outdoor composition and continue to try to break into my fb and Google accounts. 😢 I'm thoroughly completely with my accounts being so often raided by unknown entities.
As a high school student, this song was one of many to help me realize the beauty of wind orchestras. I will forever love this song. Conducting it is very fun too 😊
march: going into war, “let’s do this!” attitude song without words: realising how serious the situation really is, sadder attitude song of the blacksmith: “oh, screw it, we’re here already” type attitude, going headon into battle fantasia on the daragason: pure chaos descends, followed by a victory at the end
My great grandma Charlotte,,,,loll...Benefer would often be visited by Vaughn Williams in Kings Lynne. They would sing and confere about her songs and the folk songs she both collected and sang in her public house.
I love this suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams [orchestrated here by Gordon Jacob, passed away on the 8/6/1984 at the age of 88], especially I like the third movement called the March: Folk Songs From Somerset, which became a signature tune for a TV series called Farming Diary for Anglia TV. A great performance from Sir Neville Marriner [who would`ve been 100 on the 15/4/2024] conducting the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields. A Great Recording. 😊😇💯❤♋
My son Studied tuba and played in our county honor band. they played this in a regional band competition and he just nailed it. they won second place, and I'll always remember how how proud I was🤩🤩 He's now head of IT at a national Insurance company. Music should be an essential part of every child's education.
I played this in all state band and I was playing the contra alto clarinet so I love hearing the low brass and woodwinds blow the roof off this piece. It's so pretty all of the movements! I still love listening to this piece right now!
I cry EVERYTIME I listen to this, I fell in love with this piece in 9th grade and every once in a while I’ll come back to listen to it. Full blast in my headphones the build up makes me sob
F horn at the end of part one, it’s just a bunch of F# octave jumps and then it’s F# to G and then E to G. It’s painful but so good. And part 2 is just horn central. Horn W
High school euphonium player here! We are playing the Chaccone for our spring concert and thinking about doing the March and Intermezzo for our next, and I couldn’t be more terrified/excited! So much euphonium sound in this piece-I love it. I’ve never played a solo before and even if it’s brief, I’m ecstatic. (6:42)
i’m playing timpani on this piece for my college’s symphonic band. i don’t know how to explain what this means but this piece, especially the first movement, is just so holst. i’m in love.
Let’s go! Finally someone else plays bassoon other than me….currently playing this in a middle school band, bassoon parts actually fun for once. Great piece overall.
Is movement 3 supposed to have the wild variations in tempo at the beginning that you can hear in this recording? The arrangement I played had a consistent tempo for at least the first half of the movement.
Played both 1st suite in Eb and 2nd suite in f as 1st cornet back in my senior year in high school, and I can still see my director waving that baton like HE was Gustav Holst
It’s my freshman year of highschool, and I get to have the privilege of playing this piece for a Music Performance Adjudication, along with Stars and stripes forever, cannot wait to see how it goes!
