Gustav Holst
A MOORSIDE SUITE for organ
Goodmusic GM555
A Moorside Suite (H.173) was originally written for brass band. It was commissioned by the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee in 1927 for the final of the 1928 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at Crystal Palace.
This arrangement for organ is by Tim Harper.
The suite comprises three movements - Scherzo, Nocturne and March.
Holst's biographer Michael Short notes that the suite features many of the hallmarks of the mature composer "from the skipping 6/8 8 of the opening scherzo, to the vigorous melodic fourths of the concluding March, the intervening Nocturne bearing a family resemblance to the slow-moving procession of Saturn from The Planets suite."
Holst was himself a trombone player, and had already written works for military band, but this was his first and only work for brass band. The composer attended the competition and heard all 15 performances. He was said to be delighted and wrote to the magazine The British Bandsman "Last Saturday I listened to musicians conducted by musicians",
Duration 16 minutes
This arrangement for organ is by Tim Harper.
The suite comprises three movements - Scherzo, Nocturne and March.
Holst's biographer Michael Short notes that the suite features many of the hallmarks of the mature composer "from the skipping 6/8 8 of the opening scherzo, to the vigorous melodic fourths of the concluding March, the intervening Nocturne bearing a family resemblance to the slow-moving procession of Saturn from The Planets suite."
Holst was himself a trombone player, and had already written works for military band, but this was his first and only work for brass band. The composer attended the competition and heard all 15 performances. He was said to be delighted and wrote to the magazine The British Bandsman "Last Saturday I listened to musicians conducted by musicians",
Duration 16 minutes
