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Gustav Holst: a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music 1897 GUSTAV HOLST: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 1897: “A Winter Idyll” for orchestra: 9 minutes “Clear and Cool” for chorus and orchestra, op.5 1898: “Ornulf’s Drapa “ for baritone and orchestra 1899: Walt Whitman Overture, op.7: 7 minutes Suite de Ballet in E flat for orchestra, op.10: 20 minutes 1899-1900: Symphony in F major “Cotswolds”, op.8: 25 minutes (and second movement-Elegy “In Memoriam William Morris”: 9 minutes) 1903: Symphonic Poem “Indra”, for orchestra, op.13: 15 minutes An Old English Ballad “King Estmere” for chorus and orchestra, op.17: 26 minutes 1904: Scena “The Mystic Trumpeter” for soprano and orchestra, op.18: 18 minutes 1905: “A Song of the Night” for Violin and Orchestra, op.19, No.1: 8 minutes 1906/07: “Songs of the West” for orchestra, op.21, No.1: 7 minutes * “A Somerset Rhapsody” for orchestra, op.21, No.2: 9 minutes 1906: Two Songs without Words for orchestra, op.22: 8 minutes 1908-10: Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda” , Group One for chorus and orchestra, op.26, No.1: 7 minutes 1909: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group Two for women’s chorus and orchestra, op.26, No.2: 12 minutes Suite in E flat major for military band, op.28, No.1(orchestrated by Gordon Jacob 1940): 10 minutes 1909-10: Oriental Suite “Beni Mora” for orchestra, op.29, No.1: 17 minutes 1910: “Christmas Day” for chorus and orchestra: 7 minutes 1910-12: Ode “The Cloud Messenger” for contralto, chorus and orchestra, op.30: 43 minutes 1911: Suite in F for military band, op.28, No.2(orchestrated by Gordon Jacob as “A Hampshire Suite” 1945): 11 minutes Invocation for Cello and Orchestra (“A Song of the Evening”), op.19, No.2: 9 minutes “Oh England, My Country” for chorus and orchestra “Hecuba’s Lament” for chorus and orchestra, op.31, No.1: 14 minutes * 1912: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group Four for men’s chorus and Orchestra, op.26, No.4: 5 minutes Two Psalms(Psalm 86 and Psalm 148) for chorus, string orchestra and organ: 11 minutes 1912-13: “St.Paul’s Suite” for strings, op.29, No.2: 13 minutes 1913: “Hymn to Dionysus” for women’s chorus and orchestra, op.31, No.2: 8 minutes 1914: “A Dirge for Two Veterans” for male chorus, brass and percussion: 6 minutes 1914-16: Suite “The Planets” for orchestra, op.32: 50 minutes 1915: “Japanese Suite” for orchestra, op.33: 10 minutes 1916: Three Festival Choruses for chorus and orchestra, op.36a 1916-17: Three Carols for chorus and orchestra 1917: “The Hymn of Jesus” for chorus and orchestra, op.37: 22 minutes “A Dream of Christmas” for female chorus, piano and strings: 3 minutes 1918-22: Ballet Music from the Opera “The Perfect Fool”, op.39: 10 minutes 1919: “Ode to Death” for chorus and orchestra, op.38: 12 minutes Festival Te Deum for chorus and orchestra 1921: Ballet Music “The Lure”: 8 minutes 1922-23: A Fugal Overture, op.40, No.1: 5 minutes 1923: A Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and string orchestra, op.40, No.2: 8 minutes 1923-24: (First) Choral Symphony for soprano, chorus and orchestra, op.41: 49 minutes 1925-26: Seven Part-Songs for soprano, female chorus and strings, op.44: 23 minutes Choral Ballet “The Golden Goose” for chorus and orchestra, op.45, No.1: 25 minutes 1926: Choral Ballet “The Morning of the Year” for chorus and orchestra, op.45, No.2: 20 minutes 1927: “Egdon Heath” for orchestra, op.47: 12 minutes “The Coming of Christ” for reciter, chorus and orchestra: 26 minutes 1928: “A Moorside Suite” for military band(orchestrated by Gordon Jacob 1954): 15 minutes Fugue a la Gigue for military band 1929: Double Concerto for Two Violins and Small Orchestra, op.49: 15 minutes 1930: A Choral Fantasia for soprano, chorus, organ, strings, brass and percussion, op.51:18 minutes 1930-31: “Hammersmith-A Prelude and Scherzo for Orchestra”, op. 52: 13 minutes (and 1930 version for military band) 1932: Jazz-Band Piece(Capriccio) 1933: Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra: 11 minutes “Brook Green Suite” for strings: 7 minutes 1933-34: Scherzo for Orchestra(from an unfinished symphony): 5 minutes .
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