Holst - The Perfect Fool (Ballet Suite), Op 39 - (1/2)

[fliss69]

There is a wonderful documentary about Holst on BBC4 - youtube wouldn't let me copy the url unfortunately, but its called In The Bleak Mid Winter.

[JasnyJorick]

It's wonderful...

[mensamoo]

4:37 FD Roosevelt??

[mensamoo]

i wish sometimes Gustav holst didnt have the cross to bear of the planet suite. he did so much more, D

[mensamoo]

thanks, good to hear this again.

[Sorsha666]

Yay~ Thanks for uploading....we're playing this piece at my orchestra...I play the second violin and even those have freaking terrible riddles...extremely high....but it's so fun to play. I especially like the spirits of water...it's so calming

[tribecatom]

Thanks for uploading. Holst is one of my musical heros!

[13Orcun]

very nice, it evokes the planets

[Numboss]

This is great. I haven't listened to Holst in ages. I had forgotten how unique his music is. Thanks, Billy, for sharing. Now onto part 2.

[christomacin]

I agree about this sounding like The Planets. In fact this section is called Invocation and Spirits of the Earth, isn't it? It is a perfect fit for representing the Earth. I often listen to this starting off with Nielsen's Helios Overture (the Sun), then going through Holst's Planets in this order (Mercury, Venus, *with "Earth" from Perfect Fool, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), and top it off with Ligeti's Lux Aeterna. It works really well, you should try it.

[christomacin]

p.s. I don't think Colin Matthew's Pluto, The Renewer works very well at all as a closer to this piece. Ligeti's Lux Aeterna is the only conceivable continuation of this piece

[13Orcun]

@christomacin i m happy to read this interesting comment