Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst

Second Suite for Military Band Op.28/No.2
1. March
2. Song Without Words
3. Song of the Blacksmith
4. Fantasia on the Dargason

Written in 1911 and first published in 1922. There have been several editions of the work, most recently by Boosey & Hawkes (1984), edited by Colin Mathews.

Performed by the Cleveland Symphonic Winds, conducted by Frederick Fennell

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• Second Suite
• Gustav Holst
• military band
• F major
• concert band
• classical music
• March
• Song Without Words
• Song of the Blacksmith
• Fantasia on the Dargason

[Modernwarrior18]

What group is this?

[TheMasterDecoder]

@Modernwarrior18

It's the Cleveland Symphonic Winds, conducted by Frederick Fennell

[TheMasterDecoder]

@Ensivion

Correct. Gustav Holst, like quite a few other British composers at the time (most notably Vaughan Williams) integrated a lot of folk music into their compositions. Also, good job for noticing the underlying Greensleeves in the low brass in the last movement.

[ck98198]

for those who like the "song without words" in the second movement, Holst arranged the original Cornish tune with the text 'I love my love" for choir (4 parts). I guess he called it song without words maybe so people wouldn't listen to it thinking, " I wonder what the words are to this song". Or maybe he didn't have the text, he only had the tune available to him, I don't know.

[NicksParodies]

@satsuki8910 ironic neither are ours!! There sucking

[satsuki8910]

The Tuba and Piccolo duet at the end is actually quite ironic. It's basically the lowest and highest instruments in the band playing together. It makes for an interesting ending to an amazing piece.

[satsuki8910]

In movement three, it's actually ideal to use an anvil in the percussion. That's what the clicking is that sounds metallic. Our band actually uses a wheel well from a car and it works surprisingly well!

[satsuki8910]

@NicksParodies

Same here, except I have Bass Clarinet. Our Tuba's aren't doing so good....

[rosieeb123]

Oboe solooooooooo 8D

Cover your ears!

[NicksParodies]

We are doing this in our eight grade band I have 1st clarinet(:

[ChaseDotters]

no piccolo?

[calgarywino]

@calgarywino

It is very lyrical isn;t it ? Who knows what Henry's musical influences were as well ?

[halo56822]

@bacterialmat thats right bro :P