Intermezzo

Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst (arr. Scott Stanton)

Subtitle: From First Suite in E-flat

General Info

Year: 1909 / 2017
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1
C Instruments

• Piccolo
• Flute
• Violin

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Soprano Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone

Part 2
C Instruments

• Piccolo
• Flute
• Violin

B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• Horn in E-flat

Horn in F
Part 3
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• B-flat Trombone T.C.
• Euphonium T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• Horn in E-flat

Bass Clef

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• Cello

Horn in F
Viola
Part 4
B-flat Instruments

• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• B-flat Trombone T.C.

E-flat Instruments

• E-flat Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• E-flat Tuba T.C.

Bass Clef Instruments

• Bassoon
• Trombone
• Euphonium B.C.
• String Bass
• Keyboard Bass
• Tuba
• Cello

Keyboards

• Piano
• Electric Piano
• Synthesizer
• Accordion
• Organ

Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum (or Drum Set)
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Orchestra Bells
• Tambourine
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Gustav Holst's band masterwork is now available in an edition that places it within reach of bands with severely limited or awkward instrumentation. It will make small bands with good players sound great. Optional parts for guitar, piano, bass and percussion can also fill some missing holes in the band.

- Program Note from publisher

The Intermezzo is light and brisk and features soloistic passages for the cornet, oboe and clarinet. Holst prominently displays the agility and sensitivity of the wind band through transparent textures and passages where the melody and accompaniment are woven into a variety of instrumental settings.

- Program Note by Esmail Khalili

Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E-flat is universally considered a band masterwork. This Build-A-Band edition places it within reach of those bands with limited or unbalanced instrumentation, making it the perfect selection for the small band with good players to sound great. This fast middle movement from the suite teaches young musicians to articulate contrasting staccato and legato passages. Optional parts for guitar, piano, bass and percussion can fill some missing holes in the band.

- Program Note from the Wylie High School Wind Symphony concert program, 22 December 2017

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Concert Band (Lauren A. Ryals, conductor) - 6 October 2022
• University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble (Duane Bierman, conductor) - 8 April 2021
• Wylie (Tx.) High School Wind Symphony (James F. Keene, conductor) - 22 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
• Intermezzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
• Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
• March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
• Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
• Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)

All Wind Music

• Ave Maria (tr. Woodley) (1900)
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell) (1707/1928/2005)
• Brook Green Suite (tr. Curnow) (1933/2006)
• Capriccio (tr. Boyd) (1932/1967/1974)
• Capriccio (arr. Paul Noble) (1932/1967/2019)
• Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
• Chorale from Jupiter (arr. James Curnow)
• Christmas Day (arr. Daehn) (1910/2011)
• Christmas Day (arr. Beringen) (1910/2010)
• Country Song (arr. Klein) (1906)
• Dance of the Spirits of Fire (trans. Harpham) (1918/1922/1971)
• Dirge for Two Veterans
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
• 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 (ed. Ito) (1909/2011)
• 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). See: Themes from "First Suite in E-flat"
• A Fugal Concerto (arr. Brand) (1923/1993?)
• A Fugal Overture (arr. Noble) (1922/2014)
• A Fugal Overture (trans. Ponto) (1922)
• Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand) (1707/1928/2008)
• Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
• Gustav Holst Band Classics (arr. Edwards) (2020)
• Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930)
• A Holst Suite (trans. Thompson) (2018)
• Hymns from the Rig Veda (tr. Windram, ed. Mitchell) (1908/1917/2017)
• 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 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
• Japanese Suite (adapt. Boyd) (1915/1982/1999)
• Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Jupiter 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 (arr. Owens) (1916/2006)
• Jupiter Hymn (arr. de Meij) (1916/1921/1990)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1916/2003)
• March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (arr. Story) (2011)
• March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
• March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
• Marching Song (1906/1930)
• Marching Song (arr. Moss) (1906/2006)
• Marching Song (ed. Reynish) (1906/1983)
• Mars (arr. Bocook) (1916/1998)
• Mars (arr. Owens) (1916/2009)
• Mars from "The Planets" (tr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Mars, from "The Planets" (tr. Singleton) (1916/2001)
• Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
• Midwinter (arr. Phillips) (2012)
• Moorside March (arr. Jacob) (1928/1960)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
• 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)
• Scherzo (tr. Patterson) (1933/2021)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Fennell; score assembly Schissel) (1911/2006)
• Second Suite in F (arr. Johnston) (1911/2011)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Matthews) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Neumann) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Ito) (1911/1922/2012)
• Second Suite in F (adapt. Longfield) (1911/2007)
• A Somerset Rhapsody (tr. Clare Grundman) (1906/1927/1980)
• The Song of the Blacksmith (arr. Loest) (1911/2011)
• Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
• Songs of the West (arr. James Curnow) (1907/1986)
• St. Paul's Suite (arr. Sparke) (1912-1913/2017)
• Suite from "The Planets" (arr. Custer) (1916/1991)
• Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)
• Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (arr. Sweeney) (1909/2006)
• Two Songs Without Words (arr. Erickson) (1906/1996)
• Uranus (tr. Curnow) (1916/1991)
• Winter Suite
  • On This Day Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (1924/2001)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Bullock) (1906/1996)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Giroux) (1906/2018)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Smith) (1906/1992)
  • Old Brenton Carol (arr. Smith) (1910/2001)

Resources

• Holst, G.; Stanton, S. [2017]. Intermezzo : from First suite in E♭ [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
• Perusal score