The penultimate movement of this piece begins with trombones and trumpets playing the notes G, down to E-flat, up to A, down to B before three bassoons begin a scherzo-like rhythm in 6/4 time.
The penultimate movement of this piece begins with trombones and trumpets playing the notes G, down to E-flat, up to A, down to B before three bassoons begin a scherzo-like rhythm in 6/4 time. This piece opens with a threenote motive consisting of G, up to D, down to D-flat, over a rhythmic ostinato of G's. Adrian Boult made six recordings of this work, and led its premiere performances. The last movement of this piece asks for a woman's choir to be placed in an adjoining room, whose door is slowly closed during the final bar. The composer adapted a melody from this work into the hymn "Thaxted" to fit Cecil Spring Rice's poem "I Vow to Thee, My Country;" that movement is subtitled "The Bringer of Jollity." For 10 points, name this seven-movement suite depicting heavenly bodies by Gustav Holst.
The penultimate movement of this piece begins with trombones and trumpets playing the notes G, down to E-flat, up to A, down to B before three bassoons begin a scherzo-like rhythm in 6/4 time.
The Planets, Op. 32