Illumination

Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst (arr. Gene Milford)

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Subtitle: Three works by Gustav Holst

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: J.W. Pepper
Cost: Score and Parts - $76.00   |   Score Only - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Mallet Percussion
Percussion I-II

(percussion detail needed)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In 1906, Ralph Vaughan Williams asked his friend and colleague Gustav Holst to write these hymns. The combination of these melodies results in a richly-colored and diverse concert setting with fanfare, canon, chorale and processional. A noble and fitting Holst tribute!

- Program Note by publisher

This is a setting of three hymns originally composed by the English composer Gustav HoIst (1874-1934) at the request of his countryman and friend Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). This new concert work opens with a fanfare on Brookend that is immediately followed by a lyrical presentation of the same material. Next, a chorale version of Monk Street leads to a restatement of the opening fanfare material, The final hymn Stepney is presented as a British style processional march and concludes with another brief restatement of the opening fanfare. This inviting suite will provide many opportunities to develop expressive playing, and is very well suited to middle school players

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist, Nov 2013, p. 32.

Dedicated to the Edison Middle School (Massilon, OH) Eighth Grade band, Karen Martin, Director.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Audio Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

• Ave Maria (tr. Woodley) (1900)
• Brook Green Suite (tr. James Curnow) (1933/2006)
• Capriccio (tr. Boyd) (1932/1967/1974)
• Chorale from Jupiter (arr. James Curnow)
• Christmas Day (arr. Daehn) (1910/2011)
• Dance of the Spirits of Fire (trans. Harpham) (1918/1922/1971)
• Dirge for Two Veterans
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (arr. Story) (1911/2000)
• First Suite in E-flat (1909/1921)
• First Suite in E-flat (ed. Matthews) (1909/1921/1984)
• First Suite in E-flat (arr. Longfield) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (ed. Fennell) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat Themes (arr. Sweeney) (1909/2007)
• A Fugal Overture (arr. Noble) (1922/2014)
• A Fugal Overture (trans. Ponto) (1922)
• Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930)
• Holst Suite (A) (trans. Thompson) (2018)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (setting Vaughan Williams; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (arr. Knorr) (1921/2017)
• Illumination (arr. Gene Milford)
• In the Bleak Midwinter. See: Winter Suite
• Intermezzo (arr. Stanton) (2017)
• Japanese Suite (adapt. Boyd) (1915/1982/1999)
• Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Jupiter (arr Branchfield) from "The Planets" (arr. Branchfield) (1916/2014)
• Jupiter (arr. Brown) (1916)
• Jupiter (tr. Curnow) (1916/1990)
• Jupiter (arr Hurt) from "The Planets" (arr. Hurt) (1916)
• Jupiter Hymn (arr. de Meij) (1916/1921/1990)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1916/2003)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (arr. Story) (2011)
• Marching Song (1906/1930)
• Marching Song (arr. Moss) (1906/2006)
• Mars (arr. Bocook) (1916/1998)
• Mars from "The Planets" (tr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Moorside March (arr. Gordon Jacob)
• A Moorside Suite (arr. Wright)
• Morris Dance Tunes (arr. Wagner) (1910/2010)
• On This Day the Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (2001)
• The Perfect Fool (arr. Short) (1922/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Inagaki) (1916)
• The Planets (tr. Janssen) (1916/2017)
• The Planets (tr. Patterson) (1916)
• The Planets (arr. Schrijvers) (1916/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Vives) (1916/2007?)
• Planets, The (tr. Smith) (1916/1921)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Fennell; score assembly Schissel) (1911/2006)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Matthews) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (adapt. Longfield) (1911/2007)
• A Somerset Rhapsody (tr. Clare Grundman) (1906/1927/1980)
• Song of the Blacksmith, The (arr. Loest) (1911/2011)
• Songs of the West (arr. James Curnow) (1907/1986)
• Suite from "The Planets" (arr. Custer) (1916/1991)
• Uranus (tr. Curnow) (1916/1991)
• Winter Suite
  • On This Day Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (1924/2001)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Giroux) (1906/2018)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Smith) (1906/1992)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Stamp) (1906/1996)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Bullock) (1906)
  • Old Brenton Carol (arr. Smith) (1910/2001)

References

None discovered thus far.