Gustav Holst - Brook Green Suite, H. 190

"One of the last works Gustav Holst completed before his death was this Brook Green Suite for string orchestra. Written for the St. Paul's Girls' School where he had taught since 1905, the suite was the companion piece for his earlier St. Paul's Suite for string orchestra (1912-1913). Named after the part of Hammersmith in which Holst lived, the Brook Green Suite is as easy to play as it is to hear, having been written for the school's junior orchestra. Based on folk song or folk-song-like melodies set to conservative harmonies, the suite is in three movements: a fast-ish Prelude, a beguiling slow Air, and a lightly rhythmic final 'Dance'. Although clearly not one of Holst's self-consciously 'great' works, the Brook Green Suite would appeal to listeners who enjoy his earlier St. Paul's Suite and Benjamin Britten's later Simple Symphony."
-James Leonard
Date: 1933
Catalogue: Holst 190
Dedicatee: St. Paul's Girls' School Junior Orchestra
Order:
No. 1 - Prelude in C Major: 0:08
No. 2 - Air in A Minor: 1:43
No. 3 - Dance in C Major: 3:47
Performers:
Howard Griffiths as conductor
English Sinfonia
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[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Very peaceful

[@cynicash]

Air- 1:43

[@andrewphillips-hird3761]

I like the piece and the performance is decent, but weirdly rushed in my opinion

[@KyleKlabunde]

i have to agree, it doesn't appear there metering was followed much

[@cynicash]

For my school we played it slower and it sounds better

[@chrisclopton6846]

I have to play these for a collage I’m in 8th grade

[@johnrandolph6121]

It's hard to figure out how the conductor could think that he tempo was remotely andante in the second movement.....

[@mrgrinch8540]

@@johnrandolph6121 It sounds like andante to me

[@madisonprince4995]

4:02

[@satoshiogata1695]

3:47

[@TheArtDen109]

Why is your avatar a minecraft player?

[@jaxyouwill]

2:16

[@luorich]

4:36 - 4:47

[@ohmyohasparagus441]

0:52

[@thetoastedduck8834]

1:43 3:37

[@liquidtompls5666]

That bass part is atrocious tho

[@lourdesrodriguez3919]

How

[@liquidtompls5666]

@@lourdesrodriguez3919 many reasons
1: in prelude it is just descending c major scales that start on off beats. There are only 2 scales that deviate from that, at 28 where it is slurred and there are 3 sharps, and at 21 where the scale starts on beat 2.
2: basses dont play such low notes as the ones at 155. I cant think of any bass player i know who would tune down their e string to such a degree as to be able to play that low G. I know people will say "just transpose up an octave" which is such an obvious solution, however, why would a composer write in such low notes when they should know of the limitations of the e string, even with the c string extension. My guess is that the bass part was written primarily for a 5 stringed bass but i could very easily be wrong.
3: i personally dislike the long periods of rests yet i still realize the existence of creative intent

[@joshman7269]

fun in the danse

[@casper_7754]

@@liquidtompls5666 people like you think you know so much about music

[@TheArtDen109]

@Cynicash thx

[@TheArtDen109]

Danse-3:51

[@joshman7269]

3:48*

[@clarke1]

5:31

[@samanthasamantha6558]

5:16

[@carloflores7109]

3:51