Apparently it was successful, as they returned in August 1923 for Venus, Uranus and Mercury (plus the "Marching Song" from Holst's Songs Without Words as a backing for Mercury, which fit on a single side) and completed the cycle with Mars in October, Neptune in November and Saturn in February 1924. There is an extensive use of percussion and other less-used instruments such as contrabassoon, euphonium and tuned percussion. Freed concludes that the impact is to "inhabit the outer regions of a fantasy infinity in which there are no answers and even the questions are unspoken.". This adaptation condenses this monumental movement into a 5-part + percussion arrangement. If Holst's recordings were meticulous translations of his score into sound, Coates's is a deeply inventive interpretation that opened the door for others to approach it fearlessly with their own notions of personal freedom. The sixth movement of the suite is dedicated to the planet Uranus The Magician. While professing fealty to Holst's intentions, Boult clearly felt free to pursue a different course. The concept of the work is based not on the Roman deities that they may relate to, but the influence of the planets on the psyche, which consequently makes this work astrological, not astronomical (hence why Earth is not included). Ce nouvel arrangement passionnant donne vie la partition de Gustav Holst, en conservant tout le caractre et l'excitation de l'uvre originale et dans la cl originale. 8. The Planets, Op. Instruments : Fl. A far more inclusive, if highly opinionated, list is on the Peter's Planets website (no relation). Holst presents this motive in two transpositions (starting on E and A) in two octaves (E4/A4 and E5/A5). Along with this rhythmic ambiguity, there is no set key to the piece, you can make a guess of where the tonality may be, but it is quite tricky. Rather surprisingly, while Saturn is engagingly atmospheric, much of the result turns out to be mellow and tasteful, with some disengaged playing and far less garish spotlighting of instrumental lines than we might expect. Only then did another appear, and from a rather obscure and unlikely source. The Planets, Op. Returning to the militant overtones, Kennedy, though, calls it not a rite of Spring but of Armageddon. In retrospect that's just as well in 2006, along with over 100 other celestial objects in the same region (the Kuiper Belt), Pluto was reclassified as a mere dwarf planet (for failure to meet a criterion of the definition of a planet that its gravity dominates its neighborhood to capture as moons or clear away all other nearby objects). But perhaps the most direct musical influence was Arnold Schoenberg's 1909 Fnf Orchesterstcke (Five Orchestral Pieces). If any guide to the music is required the subtitle to each piece will be found sufficient, especially if it be used in a broad sense." I truly doubt that! While the piano score is useful for study purposes, despite the technical excellence of several recordings the keyboard version unavoidably purges The Planets of all its color and texture. Freed similarly credits Holst with innovation beyond the scoring of his predecessors: "His vast forces are deployed with the utmost imaginative flair to achieve the most delicate and subtle effects and always with the feeling of great wells of strength in reserve." Here's a list of every project I listened to during February of 2023 that I gave an 8/10 or higher. Hablas espaol? Composed By - Gustav Holst; Notes. "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity," is the most thoroughly English section of the work, with Jupiter's high spirits projected through a broad, infectiously energetic melody. Unlike Stravinsky, who recorded his seminal ballets only once his style had evolved radically from expressionist firebrand to detached neoclassicist, Holst began committing his Planets to disc a few years after its premiere, with the creative impulse presumably still fresh in his mind. Holst composed The Planets over a course of two years, beginning in the summer of 1914 with Mars and continuing through the other movements in order, except for Mercury which he wrote last. Holst specifies: "This bar is to be repeated until the sound is lost in the distance." One of the most striking aspects about this movement, for me, is the lack of musical transitions and Holsts quite frequent use of time changes just when you may be feeling comfortable with a theme. Unfortunately, only Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus were recorded, perhaps to focus on the faster movements that were easiest to capture, would have the most popular appeal, would provide a marketing advantage by fitting onto four rather than seven discs, and seemed best matched to Coates's spontaneous musical temperament. Before considering orchestral recordings of The Planets, we should briefly note the original two-piano version. This is the only movement of the whole suite not to use themes or any real melody, only fragments of musical cells that you can loosely call melodies. 10,000+ blues, R&B, rock, jazz and pop 78s, 45s, LPs and CDs and even some ragas, punk and rap. Jupiter, The Bringer of Jolity from The Planets Gustav Holst Arranged by Sandra Dackow Grade: 4 This full-length arrangement of Jupiter is also on a massive scale, uncut and making every attempt to include all of the elements, if not instrumental colors, of the original. RT @opRaystorm: jupiter, the bringer of jollityVO4 # #VO4 #. Jupiter Gustav Holst's Planets don't exactly line up like the real ones he skips Earth and Pluto, which wouldn't be discovered until a dozen years after The Planets premiered. This masterpiece was originally scored for an unusually large orchestra - with several relatively obscure instruments. The exuberance of this movement shows itself not only in its tempo and rhythm but also in the multiplicity of subjects. Course Hero uses AI to attempt to automatically extract content from documents to surface to you and others so you can study better, e.g., in search results, to enrich docs, and more. rapzh.com 2017 - 2023. Neptune is in the far reaches of the solar system and the end of this movement is a gradual fade out, with the last thing the audience should hear is the very far away ladies choir (who have started to walk away to create the fade out effect). Foreman posits that the progression parallels the ages of man, from youth to old age. 7 images Holst: Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity (from 'The Planets') 22.00 - 28.00. Geoffrey Crankshaw paints Holst as both a visionary and a man of vast culture, such that the unique totality and universality of The Planets reflects all facets of his protean makeup. In the interim, Holst himself conducted just Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in April 1919 at Queen's Hall and Henry Wood led the same movements that December, setting a precedent that would be followed for several years until the full orchestral score was published in late 1921. Soon heard is a very interesting dotted-rhythm motif from the whole bassoon section, with the contrabassoon being at the forefront. All Rights Reserved. "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" is the fourth movement of The Planets, Gustav Holst's masterpiece. In keeping with Leo's guidance, Malcolm Sargent, a close associate, recalled that Holst didn't believe in astrology as being prophetic, but rather was attracted by the notion of each planet shedding rays of influence upon the earth and mankind. Even so, purists will quail at Stokowski's tampering with the score he adds a mammoth gong to underline the final Mars chord (and a softer one during the Neptune female chorus), and concludes Neptune with a full, if quiet, cadence rather than trailing off into the infinite. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Add to Collection Add to Wantlist. Gustav Holst - Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity Tab. Consistent with his other rousing recordings, he leads a full-blooded reading of The Planets, even faster than Holst's (except for the central Jupiter hymn) and with sharper contrasts and more emphatic climaxes. In a somewhat related development of pop culture, not only Williams's Star Wars but countless other sci-fi outer-space movie soundtracks have been (and still are being) derived from The Planets. But perhaps the most remarkable movement is Venus, in which Sargent adds another full minute to others' already sprawling pace to craft a feeling beyond mere wistful dreams to a lush romanticism that one would not have suspected to find within the composer's emotional arsenal. Imogen reports that Holst hated incomplete performances (even though at first he had led several himself) and the result here gives a rather warped impression of Holst's concept; moreover, if the Coates set is played in the prescribed order, it closes with the end of Uranus that functions to set the mood for the true conclusion of Neptune and sounds tentative in isolation (although since the movements were on separate records their order could be rearranged, perhaps to end with the triumphant finale of Jupiter.). 4. Indeed, Holst's orchestration is often cited as a prime glory of The Planets. (in Bb) Hn. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity - Gustav Holst (Advanced Solo Piano) Sheet music for Piano (Solo) | Musescore.com Winter Sale: 65% OFF 04d: 09h: 05m: 39s View offer 00:00 / 06:41 Off 100% F, d Winter Sale 65% OFF Play the music you love without limits for just $9.99 $3.33/month. Vernon Leidig Full Orchestra Conductor Score Grade: 3 Item: 00-12202S. The most widely-mentioned influence, hardly surprising from the very titles of the individual movements, is astrology. Gustav Mahler Symphony No.2: Movement III, Gustav Mahler Symphony No.2: Movement II, Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 Genesis & Movement I, Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite: Memorable Melodies, Alexander von Zemlinksy Symphony No. That is just about the finest imagery of Jupiter from the ground I have ever seen! Using the new technology, Holst and the London Symphony rerecorded The Planets (plus Mercury's companion "Marching Song") between June and November 1926 (and, interestingly, he reverted to the faster tempo of the first acoustical Saturn). It begins with a portentious brass fanfare that quickly evolves into a jaunty but somewhat erratic pair of tunes that careen through the orchestra in constantly-changing patterns of sound that seem to involve every instrument from tympani to piccolo in wildly inventive combinations, as though conjured by a shambling yet potent sorcerer, as if to suggest that, once untethered from reality, all becomes possible. Even so, she did express two reservations: that the end of Neptune is too abrupt (with only a single repetition of the closing bar) and that the final staccato chord in Mercury is much too loud, which she attributed to using too large a gesture in order to avoid a ragged attack, which would have required scrapping the whole side. John Marsh Indeed, excerpting the full work became prevalent. This movement is also bitonal, and is the only one of the whole suite that is. With Mars bringing masculinity and forcefulness to the forefront, Holst was able to paint a really vivid picture of war and the consequences of war. $34.99 Merry-go-round Of Life $24.99 Advanced Orchestral Studies $50.00 Symphony No. 32, was written between 1914 and 1916. Recurring 3-note ostinato. Yet Karajan's approach sets a standard for the continuing modern trend of turning away from the sort of interpretive license that had been expected in the past but which has come to be considered crude by current orchestral (as opposed to solo) performance standards. Opening with a flute rendition of Holst's Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets, Cerberus's "IV.THE THUNDER" in both Japanese and English combines beautiful and emotional lyrics reflecting her love for Fenrir with an equally amazing orchestra. This is heightened by the harp and celeste parts, which push arpeggios and oscillating chords throughout. While each individual movement has unique and fascinating import, the overall structure is significant as well. (True to form, Stokowski wrote a letter to the producer with detailed suggestions for improving a test pressing, including filtering out highs from "thin and metallic" trumpets and adding echo to Uranus as if it "came from a great cavern, extremely reverberant" so as to differentiate it from the rest, although neither effect is especially evident.) Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity evokes characters as well as jokes and fun-loving games. Its focus of attention on astrology can almost certainly be credited with the renewal of interest in his orchestral suite, The Planets. Uranus expresses magical forces, animation and playfulness to the mix. It is made mainly of hydrogen with a quarter helium and has at least 69 moons. Dec 24, 2010 7:00 AM. On his website Tomita lists a huge gamut of signal generators, oscillators, modulators, filters, phase shifters, mixers and more that were used to produce his Planets rather ironically, more pieces of equipment than the number of instruments that would be used by a traditional orchestra to perform the original. Or even it could musically represent the breakout of WW1 (as Holst was writing this movement in 1915). After a brief backward glance and a massive organ pedal point, a few fragments of the spirited theme linger as "faint stars in a silent void to prepare us for the final vision" (Freed). Even as enhanced to bring out detail for its digital transfer, the recording is a bit crude and dynamic compression raises the noise floor to cloak the fragile interplay of harps and celesta in Neptune, a sorely missed effect, as Stokowski bloats the final movement to nearly ten minutes (compared to a "normal" seven or so) and thus trades its inherent gentle momentum for a far different but equally apt sense of timeless suspension. Imogen recalled that the slow alternating dissonant chords (emulating the third of Schoenberg's Pieces) reflect Holst being enthralled by the solemn tolling before services at Durham Cathedral of bells rung by two very old men in black gowns, thus generating the association with old age. As he entered the final third of his life, Gustav Holst (18741934) appeared mired in mediocrity, if not bound for failure, at least by our usual measures for famous composers. He was also known as the bringer of jollity, which meant he was responsible for good times and good luck. Halbreich calls its beauty remote, as "its quiet and silvery stream of sounds unfolds without the slightest hint of any earthly sentiment. What about Pluto? Sargent's reading is remarkably potent, from a downright spooky opening as Mars seethes toward a giant climax, to alarmingly loud bells that shake off any sense of torpor in Saturn, and earth-shaking organ pedal points and huge tympani that magnify the drama of Uranus. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. : Westminster Abbey I Vow to Thee My Country +2 - They played it during Princess Diana's funeral (it's her favorite hymn) and the camera zoom out from . Come to think of it, he might also find it a little embarrassing to be told that his suite is shy one planet, although had he kept up with astronomical findings he would have learned of the discovery of the planet Pluto in 1930. We feel that a vast journey has transpired and even more significantly that a wider exploration awaits us" (Crankshaw). Not only does Boult's Mars run about a minute slower than Holst's, but his Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do as well appreciable differences that raise the intriguing question as to whether interpretations that differ from a composer's own can authentically represent the composer's intentions, as Boult claims his do, and not only with respect to their tempos the very texture of Holst's Mars is aggressive whereas Boult's simply is not. Buy song $0.99. Download 'Symphony No.6 in D major (2)' on iTunes, This image appears in the gallery:A beginners guide to Gustav Holsts The Planets Suite. Finally, Neptune brings mystery, the paranormal and the unknown to the final concoction. Holst bounces through keys creates a fresh and exciting sound, which contrasts again to the previous movement. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 6. Yet unlike, say, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition or Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin that were conceived for the keyboard and only later adapted for orchestra, Holst wrote the piano version of The Planets largely out of necessity and with the full intention of orchestrating it (and apparently with no thought of public performance, as it was only published posthumously). Every artist ought to pray that he may not be 'a success.'" The turmoil of the previous movement is seamlessly soothed away by the dulcet sounds of this movement, which is just so peaceful. Foreman notes that Holst's experience as a trombonist gave him a practical understanding of the orchestra from the inside that came to characterize the flair and brilliance of his instrumentation, of which several critics hail in particular the uncommonly radiant brass writing; Lee notes in particular the novelty of including the unusual timbres of the alto flute, bass oboe and tenor tuba. Perhaps as a tentative test of its market appeal, Jupiter was cut on September 15, 1922 but not issued (as a two-sided 78) until March 1923. Jupiter (Bringer of Jollity): Cello Brahms's 1st Symphony, 4th Movement. Start the wiki Featured On For instance, he uses 6/8 bouncing quavers in the winds, semiquavers (grouped in fours) in the strings and then crotchets within the ensemble which give a 3/4 feel. That is, in fact, the way to describe this work. The theme itself lingers in bitterness, its constant leaps creeping downward in minor seconds to form tritones, and its rhythm nervous, sounding as though it should fit into 6/4 time but with the fourth beat forcibly extracted. They play a fifth interval, then drop a semitone, which is repeated throughout this section. Coruscating textures disgorge luxuriant themes of cholesterol-packed bonhomie. The fidelity (possibly goosed in digital transfers) is markedly improved over the predecessors', displays a greater realm of textures, especially in the delicate instrumental interplay of Venus, and allows finer appreciation of the magnitude of Holst's flair for colorful orchestration. Holst's work comprises seven movements, each devoted to a particular planet in our solar system (excluding the earth, the focus of the other planets' influences), beginning with the inner three but in reverse order from their distance from the sun, and then proceeding outwards through the rest. As Schoenberg put it in his own anarchistic program note: "The music seeks to express all that swells in us subconsciously like a dream; which is a great fluctuant power, and is built upon none of the lines that are familiar to us; which has a rhythm, as blood has a pulsating rhythm, as all life in us has its rhythm; which has a tonality, but only as the sea or the storm has its tonality; which has harmonies, though we cannot grasp or analyze them nor can we trace its themes." All are firmly in modern idioms and (to me, at least) seem to have no discernable connection, musical or otherwise, to the Holst work. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. By Posted jordan schnitzer house In strengths and weaknesses of a volleyball player Holst considered Saturn his favorite movement, perhaps in reaction to its negative press reviews or because, as Greene observes, his personality led him to identify with its traits of plodding perseverance, diffidence, apathy and endurance, all of which are reflected in the musical grammar. At first he wanted to set to music a group of hymns from the Rig Veda, the oldest Hindu text, but "finding the English translations he discovered were hopelessly stilted, Holst decided to learn Sanskrit so that he could translate the words to his own satisfaction. Despite asthma, he had earned his living playing the trombone in a Scottish orchestra and then by teaching at a girls' school. But perhaps one of the earliest foretastes of that bond came with the 1970 reissue of the 1960 Boult/Vienna State Opera Orchestra Planets on Westminster Gold, a label known for metaphoric and often witty (if occasionally tasteless) covers that presumably strove to lure unwitting pop fans to the classics. Stokowski shared the podium of the NBC Symphony for three seasons after Toscanini petulantly (if temporarily) resigned from "his" orchestra. As Holst has not used lots of different themes, more he has stretched and varied a small selection, the excitement from this piece comes from short bursts of sound, which are usually initiated by the brass. The album of four 78s was issued in automatic sequence (with a 1937 Boult/BBC Symphony Elgar "Imperial March" as the eighth side following the second half of Jupiter, rather than backing Mercury) and thus, unlike with the individual discs of the Holst and Coates sets, effectively prescribed that the movements were to be heard in order, wrapping up with the triumphant conclusion of Jupiter, even though Imogen reports that Holst particularly disliked such a false "happy ending.". Whether you need to focus, get pumped up, or wind down, the right playlist at the right time has the ability to transform your day from dull to dope. Yet Holst considered its message to be not only physical decay but a vision of fulfillment, and indeed in the subdued coda the frustration and angst of inevitable decline melts into acceptance. 3:52 . But then a sudden explosion ushers in intense activity that, according to Matthew, uses solar winds as a starting point. James deems the hollow-sounding emptiness as "catching exactly the brutal violence of all fighting" and Denis Stevens as "a premonition of total disaster." $9.00 . Soon to enter are the horns, lower strings and both sets of timpani with a syncopated theme which builds into the fabric of this first theme (of a mighty six for this movement!). Burnett James paints Holst as a lonely and tragic figure, assailed with agonizing spiritual blight and a bleak despair that enveloped his whole being (and which ultimately led him to increasingly dissociate his later music from emotion). The composer, a man of intellect and wide-ranging interests, found musical inspiration in diverse places. The colouring of sounds seems to be right at the heart of Holsts orchestration as he has the horns and flutes colour the harp chords at points, and the solo violin is coloured and blended with the lower strings to create a rich sound. The reason is unclear upon reflection did Holst feel a need to correct the original pacings, or perhaps were his own views capricious (and thus should not be taken by others as definitive)? Whilst the strings play the driving ostinato theme, the winds and brass play an equal-balanced motif. For me, and for others it seems, this gradual build up paints a picture of time passing by, which directly relates to the characteristic of the planet The Bringer of Old Age. Listen Now . Greene sees a similar but psychological progression from life in the physical, profligate world to a mystical, stoic state. However dark the underlying topic may be here, the music creates a stunning effect that is mesmerising to hear. Ob. In any event Holst denied that horoscopes had anything to do with The Planets but rather that, as the underlying idea of astrology, "the character of each planet suggested lots to me" and that he regarded the universe as "one big miracle." It could perhaps represent church bells at a funeral (as tubular bells are used extensively here), or perhaps its alarm bells that death is approaching. Vernon Leidig 2nd B-flat Trumpet Part Grade: 3 Item: 00-PC-0000054_T2. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity 5. This creates a percussive sound, which is very exciting and keeps with the theme of this movement representing war. I must emphasize that this does not purport to be a comprehensive or definitive survey, as I've only focused on the pioneering recordings that strike me as having significant historical and stylistic interest. Holst also very cleverly uses a cross-rhythmic hemiola (a hemiola is where 2 different time signatures at once, so at one point he has part of the orchestra in 4/4 and the rest in 6/4). Holst's love of English folk song and dance is readily demonstrated here. Lyrics, Song Meanings, Videos, Full Albums & Bios: Space Age, London Underground, Yes, I Did It (Christian Hornbostel Remix), Redox, Resonatory Aspects, Straight - Phonista Remix, Metaphysic, Yes I Did It (Christian Hornbostel Remix), Velocity (Dan Rubell Its again playing with our ears and creating an innovative and exciting sound using altered rhythms and groupings. You can count four, five or six of them, depending on whether you divide the first two into their component parts - they do behave like independent themes. The mood is unmistakably mystical and the hero may indeed imagine himself contemplating the twinkling stars on a still night.. Sargent salutes the essential clarity of Holst's scoring (derived in part from his admiration for Ravel), and notes that after a score had been written Holst routinely would go through it with an eraser to expunge inessential notes and even entire instrumental lines. While Tomita's structure seems mostly random and the nexus between the original and his contributions is often obscure, he does produce an impressive amount and array of fresh sound, and his abundant technical facility, sense of rhythm, feeling for spatial display and overall flair for invention are fully apparent. Jupiter - The Bringer of Jollity is introduced by a genial syncopated dance, appropriately so since a happy and festive mood is maintained throughout this movement. After Holst heard it at a January 1914 London concert (at which it was largely despised by both audience and critics) he bought the score, heavily annotated it, and regarded it as one of his most valued possessions. Again, the contrast of moods and texture within the movement really do highlight how wonderful a composer and orchestrator Holst really is. Moving beyond philosophical and astrological implications, Richard Freed concludes that The Planets is just as much about the character of the modern orchestra itself than having any extrinsic meaning. Throughout his career Boult remained a stalwart advocate of the work and set a record of sorts by cutting it five times in the studio (in addition to numerous preserved concerts). "), Perhaps in keeping with his visionary outlook and disdain for fame, unlike nearly all other composers Holst thwarted popular expectation by resisting the temptation to follow The Planets with a successor of a similar structure or style. Holst's musico-spatial explorations may not be cosmic, but they are brilliant, dramatic, and picturesque enough to fit into almost anyone's concert hall horoscope. 32 between 1914-1916. Mercury brings liveliness, gaiety and youthfulness into the mixture and its vivacious nature makes it a fast-paced and exciting movement. He drafted it as a two-piano score during weekends in a soundproof room at St. Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith where he taught and, due to his neuritis, upon whose students he relied to perform his sketches and write out the orchestral score according to his directions.
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