Holst - Jupiter from The Fisher by UPEI Wind Symphony

The Planets, composed for orchestra between 1914 and 1916, is a suite of seven tone poems, each describing the planets from Mars to Neptune; Earth was excluded and Pluto hadn't been discovered yet. Holst had meant Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity to be “buoyant, hopeful and joyous.” The introduction is a genial, syncopated dance, expressing Holst's love of English folk tradition. In striking contrast, the middle section belongs to Holst's `other life' of school-singing and Morley College festivities. It is nearly always associated with the hymn I Vow To Thee My Country, owing to the fact that Holst used it as a setting for these words years later. The frivolity of the games soon return with a conclusion in scales and arpeggios.

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